Jesse SchecknerApril 20, 2023
4min0
‘It’s not easy to get money every year, and that fund is important.’
Tag: Land Acquisition Trust Fund
Jesse SchecknerApril 20, 2023
Wes WolfeMarch 27, 2023
5min0
Increased priority would go to projects within the Florida Wildlife Corridor.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 14, 2022
6min0
Environmental groups say the bill violates a 2014 constitutional amendment on conservation funding.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 26, 20225min0
Environmental groups oppose the bill, but lawmakers are united.
Scott PowersFebruary 24, 2021
4min1541
They want $100 million as the starting point for land preservation buys.
Renzo DowneyDecember 28, 2019
4min414
They say a lower court already sufficiently answered the amendment's intended meaning.
Scott PowersMarch 12, 2019
9min991
The committee also supported a bill recognizing sea level rise issues.
Ryan NicolJanuary 18, 2019
3min314
Bill looks to set aside at least $50 million per fiscal year
Danny McAuliffeMarch 1, 2018
3min331
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 […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2017
6min344
Florida sugar workers are the latest to come out strongly against Joe Negron’s Senate proposal to create a $2.4-billion, 60,000-acre reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee for Everglades water storage. In a joint letter sent Wednesday from Sugar Labor Management Committee, IAMAW District 166, Florida State Council of Machinists, and Local 2152 (Osceola & Okeelanta), union […]