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About
- About FCG
- Board
- Staff
- Partnerships
Land Conservation
- Land Conservation
- Florida’s Land Conservation Programs
Conservation Science
Landowners
- Working with Landowners
- Landowner Resources
Our Work
Focus Areas
- The Great Florida Prairie Region
- Peace River Valley

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Florida Land Update

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November 12, 2024|Conservation Articles

Florida Conservation Group Secures $21 Million in NRCS Funding for Peace River Valley Conservation

Commissioner Wilton Simpson’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program Will Match NRCS Funds for Projects in the Region to Double the Investment Nokomis, FL — The Florida Conservation Group (FCG) has been awarded a Regional…

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October 23, 2024|Conservation Articles

Commissioner Wilton Simpson Announces 2025 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees

Oct 23, 2024 Click here to read article on fdac.org TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation announced Cary and Marcia Lightsey, Madeline…

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August 20, 2024|Conservation Articles

Fifth-Generation Citrus Grower Advocates for Protecting Agricultural Land in the Peace River Valley

Spotlight: Ned Hancock Ned Hancock’s career is steeped in Florida's citrus industry and a lineage of ranchers dating back to the state’s open cattle range days of the 1800s. All the lands operated by…

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November 18, 2024

Federal funding of $21 million will help conserve land in Peace River Valley

By Gary White | Lakeland Ledger An infusion of federal money could help prevent agricultural properties around the Peace River in Polk County from converting to subdivisions or shopping centers. The Florida Conservation Group has received more…

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August 30, 2024

The Florida Panther Finds an Unlikely Ally

Cattle ranchers are joining forces with conservation groups to support the big cat's comeback. By Lindsey Liles August/September 2024 Someone once told the sixth-generation cattle rancher Jim Strickland a maxim that stuck with him: If…

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August 4, 2024

Country’s newest refuge on our doorstep

Four million acre conservation area stretches from Lakeland to Naples A 12-county swath of old Florida from Lakeland to Naples is part of a new land conservation effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…

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Florida is unique – with our population growth. water quality issues from Apalachicola Bay to the Everglades — our incredible blodiversity, and the ever changing budgets needed to help protect our land, Our commitment to the conservation of our natural and agricultural lands includes advocating for science-based land conservation and for full funding for our land protection programs. We are committed to ensuring that our conservation land protection programs work in areas most important for protecting our water, wildlife and way of life.

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