Conservation

WMNF 88.5 FM volunteer and Saturday Bluegrass Show co-host Sid Flannery receives the 2025 Theodore Roosevelt Hillsborough Forever Conservation Award for his significant contributions to river conservation and environmental stewardship in Hillsborough County.

Round up of WMNF news headlines including Woolworth sit-in anniversary, Neighborhood Food first Tampa pantry, and sea turtle conservation efforts.

Listen: One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread.  A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes have positive...

Bar Rocking C Ranch will become part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor via the state’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.

A $4.145 million deal will prevent development on a 754-acre cattle ranch in Hendry County for the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Pollution is still happening in Sarasota Bay and in Manatee County. A conservation group may be short come the fundraising deadline.

Listen: Famous Chimpanzee expert and conservationist Jane Goodall is speaking in St. Petersburg in September. The two-day event comes as Florida faces the national spotlight for environmental issues.  Dr. Jane Goodall’s discovery in 1960 that...

The state is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject two appeals in a long-running legal battle over state conservation funding.

The $2.837 million deal will preserve 470 acres at a cattle ranch on the Limestone Creek Ranch property.

Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota's CEO Jennifer Rominiecki, and their V.P. of Botany, Bruce Holst, joined MidPoint to talk all about the blooming of the Gardens into a powerhouse of sustainability and botanical conservation research,...

Jimmy Patronis suggested the state should have looked again at the prices of three land conservation deals that totaled $193 million.

Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) says the new law to prevent houseless people from sleeping in public places is "making a bad situation worse."