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.