Drew DixonJune 9, 2020
3min359
The National Park Service will preserve the property.
Tag: North Florida Land Trust
Drew DixonJune 9, 2020
A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2019
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2018
2min283
Former U.S. Senator and Florida Gov. Bob Graham addressed a packed room Tuesday in Jacksonville at the North Florida Land Trust’s annual meeting. Graham, the keynote speaker at the event, discussed water issues and tenets of effective lobbying. Water, Graham said, would be a “continuing challenge” for Florida, due to anticipated population growth and development. Currently, […]
Staff ReportsApril 13, 2017
2min274
A surprisingly hard-hitting Thursday press release from the North Florida Land Trust took aim at Sen. Rob Bradley for his SB 10, the “$1.5 billion plan to fix Lake Okeechobee, and stop overflows of toxic ‘guacamole water’ into the state’s rivers and streams, which passed the Senate Wednesday on a vote of 36-3.” The NFLT claims that […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2016
2min318
On Thursday, the North Florida Land Trust announced it acquired a Jacksonville Spanish-American war fort that was almost lost forever. The fort will be added to the Fort Caroline memorial, and will become part of the National Park Service’s educational programming. The property had been purchased at a tax deed sale, and the buyer had considered […]
Melissa RossDecember 21, 2015
3min278
The nonprofit conservation organization the North Florida Land Trust has said in an email to supporters and media outlets that it has closed on “the biggest land purchase in NFLT’s 16-year history.” The parcel is 2,551 acres along the Nassau River. It was the largest piece of unprotected land in the Timucuan Ecological and Historic […]
Melissa RossJuly 29, 2015
3min238
Saying it’s an “outrage” that the Florida Legislature “thwarted the will of the voters,” the new head of the North Florida Land Trust says the fight over Amendment 1 and land conservation in the state isn’t over. “We’re organizing for 2016,” said Executive Director Jim McCarthy during an appearance on WJCT’s First Coast Connect. “We need […]
Melissa RossMarch 24, 2015
3min207
Add Jacksonville’s North Florida Land Trust to the chorus of outrage over the Legislature’s proposal for the Amendment 1 budget. Amendment 1 passed overwhelmingly in November. The measure is designed to dedicate 33 percent of revenue from excise taxes to protect the state’s land and water resources. Now environmental groups like the NFLT are furious that […]