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Trust for Public Land Helps Conserve Wolfe Creek Forest

Just as it is said, “Rome isn’t built in a day,” the gradual and steady acquisition of Florida’s lands builds our conservation legacy. The strategic protection of the Wolfe Creek Forest adds to the network of conserved lands in the Florida Panhandle. The project was

Do You Know the Milkweed Man?

By Tyler Carney, Gainesville, Florida My interest in the natural world surrounding me began at an early age. My parents had a house that backed up to a small, but fairly active, wildlife preserve. They were not conservationists by trade, but both had tremendous

Butler Beach

St. Augustine was a major site of the Civil Rights Movement. From swim-ins at a downtown motel to targeted attacks toward Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Florida’s oldest city is also a monument to a national movement. Frank B. Butler was a Black businessman and

Managing Florida’s Invasive Species

Guest Blog by Student Laurel Kerkman Florida is home to beautiful coastal, forest, and prairie habitats that support a wide variety of species. However, these habitats are rapidly decreasing due to human actions. Development, such as roads and housing, are altering the ecosystems that we