Florida Forever Florida Forever was created in 2001 to succeed the extremely successful Preservation 2000 conservation program. Under Florida Forever and Preservation 2000, Florida has protected more than 2.4 million acres of land.
To name just a few successes, Florida Forever has protected:
53,600 acres of springs and springsheds.
5,190 acres of fragile coastline.
300,000 acres of sustainable forest lands.
158,700 acres of working agricultural lands.
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Take A Hike, Florida!
Thank you for making “Take A Hike, Florida!” 2010 a great success! At twelve hikes across the state Floridians gathered to support Florida Forever and enjoy the great outdoors. The hikes drew attendance from state legislators, mayors, city commissioners and the media. Stay tuned for photos from each of the hikes, and thanks for taking a hike!
Did you miss this year’s hike? Click below to view articles from Tallahassee, St. Petersburg and Gainesville.
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Florida Forever Stories"I'm a wildlife photographer. Since I've moved to Florida I've taken thousand of pictures of our wildlife. I have posted these pictures on various interent forums.
Aftre seeing these pictures I started to receive requests from other photographers to guide them around the Space Coat area. This grew into a yearly photography shoot where approximatel 50 photographers from various states, Canada, and England come into Brevard County for a week.
Each one spends over $1,000 during their stay in Brevard. Florida Forever made it possible to capture these images of nature's beauty while bringing in over $50,000 into Brevard County each year."
-Henry Behret, Photographer |
