Heather Obara of the Alachua Conservation Trust has sent the following press release with news of their latest land preservation. The Trust has preserved, through leasing or purchasing, innumerable lands adjacent to the Santa Fe River and other fragile, threatened areas near our waterways. We applaud this group and fully support its activities. Its executive director, Tom Kay, is one of OSFR’s advisors.
Read the original press release here at the Alachua Conservation Trust website.
Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org
– A river is like a life: once taken,
it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum
Confluence of River Styx and Orange Lake Conserved
July 31, 2024
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The River Branch Foundation is a private charitable foundation based in Florida that focuses its giving primarily for environmental issues, including the permanent protection of of land.
NAWCA is a federal program that provides matching funds for public-private partnership projects that protect wetlands and associated uplands habitats for the benefit of migratory birds. This NAWCA project is in partnership with Alachua County.
For additional information about this project or to support efforts to protect Florida’s natural lands, waterways, and springs, please contact ACT at info@AlachuaConservationTrust.org or (352) 373-1078.
Banner image by Alison Blakeslee.
