Manatee County is using voter-approved conservation funds to purchase 4.5 acres of forested land around the Rye Cemetery and Rye Preserve in Parrish to shield the area from future development.

A map created by the Wilderness Society, a non-profit land conservation organization, visually outlines the vast geographic impact of the proposed sell-off.

In 1998, a family instrumental in settling the Englewood area donated more than 190 acres of waterfront and conservation land to Sarasota County—properties that now anchor several parks and preserves ...

Larry Johnson and Shaaron Netherton write: Selling off Nevada’s public lands in a budget bill to help offset tax cuts sets a dangerous precedent.

St. Johns County leaders are all cheers after a developer withdraws a plan to swap scattered acreage across the state for 600 acres in the Guana River WMA.

Manatee County seeks state partnership to buy 500 acres of land in Myakka City for Florida Wildlife Corridor habitat conservation project ...

The Manatee County Commission approved a developer’s request to release conservation easements for about 10 acres of wetland buffers around Cooper Creek in the University Park area.

Residents voiced their frustration after Manatee County commissioners voted to release almost 10 acres of conservation land to Benderson Development.

Palm Beach County Commissioners voted to support the implementation of conservation easements on the county’s more than 31,000 acres of natural lands to permanently protect them from development.

The push-and-pull of land for conservation versus land for development shines brightly in east Manatee County.

Commissioner Jason Bearden was absent. The move to buy Triple Oak Preserve comes days after Manatee County finalized its purchase of another property earmarked for conservation. On July 26, the county ...

BRADENTON — A legal challenge to Manatee County’s controversial decision to reduce local wetland protections and allow more development on environmentally sensitive land has been dropped. At ...