/tags/conservation conservation en-US WLRN Thu, 02 May 2024 13:12:18 GMT /environment/2024-05-02/florida-in-50-years-study-says-land-conservation-can-buffer-destructive-force-of-climate-change A new report by scientists from four major Florida universities, the wildlife corridor — if completed — will not only allow wildlife to survive in the coming decades, it will make climate change less destructive to humans. Thu, 02 May 2024 13:12:18 GMT /environment/2024-05-02/florida-in-50-years-study-says-land-conservation-can-buffer-destructive-force-of-climate-change Bill Kearney | Sun Sentinel /environment/2024-04-22/florida-researchers-use-data-analytics-to-develop-a-conservation-tool Researchers at the University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions and Center for Landscape Conservation Planning recently developed a tool to help identify conservation lands in Florida that could help improve water quality if they are protected. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-04-22/florida-researchers-use-data-analytics-to-develop-a-conservation-tool Julia House /environment/2024-03-04/florida-wildlife-corridor-highlands-county The more than 12,000 acres along Fisheating Creek in Highlands County is surrounded on all sides by previously preserved lands. Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:49:07 GMT /environment/2024-03-04/florida-wildlife-corridor-highlands-county Steve Newborn /government-politics/2024-02-20/florida-gambling-money-environmental-projects Legislative leaders have agreed to use hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling money to help pay for further expansion of a state wildlife corridor and other environmental projects. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:02:48 GMT /government-politics/2024-02-20/florida-gambling-money-environmental-projects Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /florida-news/2023-09-14/florida-tees-up-140m-in-conservation-deals Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet next week could approve spending more than $141 million to conserve 42,000 acres of land from the Panhandle to the Devil's Garden area southwest of Lake Okeechobee. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:08:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-09-14/florida-tees-up-140m-in-conservation-deals Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /environment/2023-06-28/florida-ag-land-broker-is-puzzled-and-perplexed-at-desantis-veto-of-conservation-funds “I'm sure there's folks in the agricultural industry that are probably like me scratching their heads wondering ‘what was he thinking?’ Because he didn't veto any of the other conservation funding,” said land broker Dean Saunders. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:13:00 GMT /environment/2023-06-28/florida-ag-land-broker-is-puzzled-and-perplexed-at-desantis-veto-of-conservation-funds Jessica Meszaros /environment/2023-05-31/florida-lawmakers-land-conservation Florida Forever would receive $100 million, another $100 million is earmarked for the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and $800 million would fund projects connecting the Ocala and Osceola National Forests. Wed, 31 May 2023 14:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-05-31/florida-lawmakers-land-conservation Jessica Meszaros /environment/2023-01-16/urban-boundary-move-will-place-warehouses-on-a-channel-vital-for-everglades-and-biscayne-bay-officials-say Miami-Dade County's contentious recent urban boundary move will block an old slough — a shallow channel that cut through the rock ridge in South Dade to deliver 'lifeblood' freshwater from the Everglades to Biscayne Bay and seen as key to wetlands restoration, environmentalists and planners say. Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:02:48 GMT /environment/2023-01-16/urban-boundary-move-will-place-warehouses-on-a-channel-vital-for-everglades-and-biscayne-bay-officials-say Jenny Staletovich /local-news/2022-12-21/elderly-woman-charged-over-mercy-killing-of-endangered-key-deer A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman has been charged in federal court with shooting one of the endangered Key deer unique to the Keys. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:08:24 GMT /local-news/2022-12-21/elderly-woman-charged-over-mercy-killing-of-endangered-key-deer Gwen Filosa /news/2022-11-11/smithsonian-conservator-helps-people-save-important-belongings-ravaged-by-hurricane-ian Conservator Gwen Manthey is working one-on-one with Ian survivors in Southwest Florida to salvage their most important possessions. Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:30:00 GMT /news/2022-11-11/smithsonian-conservator-helps-people-save-important-belongings-ravaged-by-hurricane-ian Susan Giles Wantuck