Thank you Nature Conservancy. It's great to know some people do everything they can to preserve some of Florida's rich natural heritage for future generations.
The Nature Conservancy helped protect 14,556 acres in Florida in 2004 through a variety of acquisitions, often made on behalf of governmental agencies. The largest parcel protected was the Blackwater Conecuh Connector in the western Panhandle at 4,623 acres, purchased from International Paper for the state through the Florida Forever program. (...) Another highlight was two parcels totaling almost 1,600 acres added to Torreya State Park in the Apalachicola River basin. The Crooked Creek/Short Creek parcels contain beautiful ravines, steephead streams and upland pine and hardwood forests. “The Nature Conservancy works in communities across Florida to protect the lands and waters that sustain us all,” said Florida Director Vicki Tschinkel. “Given our state’s current rate of growth, I’m sure every piece of land that we help preserve now will benefit future generations even more than we can currently imagine.”
Learn more about The Nature Conservancy and its programs at nature.org/florida .
