Tag: Florida Forever

Ana CeballosMarch 3, 2018
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Budget conference chairs are now ironing out funding differences between the House and Senate dealing with a wide-range of policy issues. Chairs Sen. Rob Bradley and Rep. Carlos Trujillo are figuring out funding for beach restoration, land acquisition and water projects. Currently, the state Legislature is split over nearly $172 million on appropriations for programs funded through Florida […]

Danny McAuliffeMarch 1, 2018
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The Florida Senate’s environmental priorities, which include boosting funding for the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, also known as Florida Forever, along with funding for beaches, are kinks that still need to be fleshed out before Friday’s budget conference deadline. But Rep. Ben Albritton, House chair of the environment and agriculture budget conference, seems optimistic. “In this […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2018
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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, […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2017
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Thursday saw a Senate subcommittee — the Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources — approve two priority environmental projects of Appropriations Chair Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican. Both bills were approved without objection. The full Appropriations Committee is the next stop for these bills, all but ensuring the Bradley bills will be mulled […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2017
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A bill committing Florida to spending $100 million a year on land acquisition and preservation through the Florida Forever Trust Fund got support at its first Legislative step Monday morning, with approval by the Florida Senate Environment Preservation and Conservation Committee. Senate Bill 370, introduced by Committee Chairman Rob Bradley, an Orange Park Republican, flew […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2017
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott returned to Jacksonville Monday afternoon to highlight his new budget’s environmental proposals at the Jacksonville Zoo. Scott’s final budget sees a boost in environmental funding, up to $1.7 billion: $220 million over the current year’s levels. The budget proposal has something for most constituencies: $50 million for “the best state parks system in […]


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