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The 7,548-acre Ranch Reserve Florida Forever Project / Kenansville Ranch, located in the Florida Wildlife Corridor, was recently approved for a conservation easement through Florida Forever at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet.

Thank you to the landowner, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Brown Land for coming together to conserve this property.

Kenansville Ranch is a working cattle ranch within Osceola County. The property has three creeks flowing through it, Wolf Creek, Tenmile Creek, and Sixmile Creek. Kenansville Ranch provides crucial habitat for many rare and imperiled species including arogos skipper, bald eagle, eastern indigo snake, Florida burrowing owl, southern fox squirrel, red-cockaded woodpecker and sandhill crane.

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A 3,722-acre parcel of the Ryals Citrus and Cattle ranch was recently approved for a rural lands conservation easement through the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet. The ranch is located within the Florida Wildlife Corridor and Charlotte County.

Thank you to the landowner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Florida Conservation Group for coming together to conserve this property.

Ryals Citrus and Cattle is a working cattle ranch and watermelon farm (Photos 2 and 4). The Ryals family began ranching this land 100 years ago. The property helps protect Prairie Creek, a headwater for the Peace River and provides habitat to multiple species.

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The 2,577-acre Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor Florida Forever Project / Tamiami Citrus, located in the Florida Wildlife Corridor, was recently approved for a fee acquisition through Florida Forever at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet.

Thank you to the landowner and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for coming together to conserve this property.

Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor Florida Forever Project / Tamiami Citrus is in Collier County. The property brings connectivity between the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and Big Cypress National Preserve to Dinner Island Wildlife Management Area. Protection of this land helps provide passage and connectivity for the Florida panther. It also provides habitat to white-tailed deer, turkey, swallow-tailed kites, alligators, and hawks. The land will continue to be managed as a citrus farm by Tamiami Citrus through a lease.

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Williams Heritage Property has been newly approved for a rural lands conservation easement through the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet. The easement is 1,782.57 acres and located adjacent to the Florida Wildlife Corridor and within Levy County.

Thank you to the landowner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Florida Conservation Group for coming together to make this conservation easement possible.

The Williams Heritage Property is a family-run farm and cattle ranch. They grow corn, peanuts, watermelon, cabbage, green beans, rye, and oats. Protection of this property will help to enhance water quality, aquifer recharge, flow attenuation, and flood hazard reduction.

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The 1,541-acre Etoniah/Cross Florida Greenway Florida Forever Project, located in the Florida Wildlife Corridor, was recently approved for protection by way of fee acquisition at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet.

Thank you to the landowner, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Putnam Land Conservancy for coming together to conserve this property.

The property is located in the Ocala to Osceola Wildlife Corridor and will create important connections between existing conservation land. The southern section of the property has frontage to Rodman Reservoir, part of the Ocklawaha River basin, a tributary of the St. Johns River. Conservation of the property will protect surface water and aquifer recharge. The property provides habitat to Florida black bears, gopher tortoises, swallow-tailed kite, and sandhill crane.

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The 1,304-acre Caloosahatchee/Big Cypress Corridor Florida Forever Project – I.M.G. Enterprises was recently approved for protection by way of fee acquisition through Florida Forever at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet. The property is located within the Florida Wildlife Corridor and Hendry County.

Thank you to the landowner, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Dean Saunders for coming together to conserve this property.

The property has been used for agriculture as a citrus grove. The protection of this property will provide connection between the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and Big Cypress National Preserve to Dinner Island Wildlife Management Area. The conservation of the land provides habitat and safe passage for Florida panthers and Florida black bears.

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Headwaters Ranch was recently approved for a rural lands conservation easement at the March 5 meeting of the Governor and Cabinet through the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. The 993.07-acre property is in Lake County and within the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Thank you to the landowners, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Southwest Florida Water Management District, and Florida Conservation Group for coming together to protect this land.

Headwaters Ranch is a working cattle ranch. The headwaters of the Withlacoochee River run through the property, which has been designated by the State of Florida as an Outstanding Florida Waterway. The ranch provides habitat for storks, cranes, alligators, bobcats, and many other species.

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