Land Trusts in Florida: A Brief Guide to Land Trusts for Protecting Land in your Community
Vol. 2017 No. 6, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Vol. 2017 No. 6

Land Trusts in Florida: A Brief Guide to Land Trusts for Protecting Land in your Community: WEC391/UW436, 11/2017

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw436-2017
Published 2017-12-04
Benjamin North
University of Florida
Elizabeth Frances Pienaar
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0343-080X
Typical young 'Fiesta' plants approximately 30 days after tubers were planted in the ground bed. Figure 3 from publication ENH1281/EP545: Caladium Cultivars ‘Cosmic Delight’, ‘Fiesta’ and ‘Hearts Desire’. Credit: Zhanao Deng, UF/IFAS.
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Rangelands at Adams Ranch in Fort Pierce, Florida protected with support from the Florida Conservation Trust. Credits: Adams Ranch, 2017
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Scrub habitat protected by the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast
Warm Minerals Spring Creek protected by the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast

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Land Trusts
Conservation Easements

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North, Benjamin, and Elizabeth Frances Pienaar. 2017. “Land Trusts in Florida: A Brief Guide to Land Trusts for Protecting Land in Your Community: WEC391 UW436, 11 2017”. EDIS 2017 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw436-2017.
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Abstract

A land trust is a private nonprofit organization that owns and manages land to protect its natural, economic, and cultural value.  This document provides an overview of the role that land trusts plan in conservation, and how landowners may contact or create a land trust.

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