Christian Science Monitor By Stephanie Castellano, Contributor August 22, 2023 | GAINESVILLE, FLA. Go to article on website www.csmonitor.com Some days Wes Carlton wants to turn off his phone. The calls from developers wanting to buy pieces of his four large cattle...
FloridaTrend: The Horse Creek Ranch Conservation Easement Deal
FloridaTrend | SPOTLIGHT | August, 2023, Art Levy The Horse Creek Ranch Conservation Easement Deal, costing $51 million and spanning more than 16,000 acres across DeSoto and Hardee counties, ranks as one of Florida’s biggest single conservation agreements in 20 years....
Myakka City cattle rancher holds on to Florida’s past while riding into the future
"So we have to save some of these cattle ranches, timberlands, agricultural areas for all those benefits we get from those greenspaces in those areas," Strickland said. "But one of the things that keeps it that way is agriculture. The products we grow, but also the...
State agrees to protect nearly 40,000 acres of environmentally sensitive lands
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By Steve Newborn Published May 23, 2023 at 6:32 PM EDT LISTEN • 1:08 Florida Forever / Grubb Ranch in Hardee County Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday voted to spend around $100 million to help protect nearly 40,000...
Destiny’s death buys time for a Florida frontier and the birth of conservation movements
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By Kevin Spear - Orlando Sentinel Published December 28, 2021 at 5:00 AM EST Kevin Spear / Orlando Sentinel The vast expanse of wildlands between Central and South Florida was given a second chance for conservation when, in the heart of...
Florida Trend, Jim Strickland
Florida Trend, November, 2022 Interview by Art Levy Jim Strickland Rancher, Myakka City I’m 67 years old, and at age 7, I wanted to be what I am now. I always just wanted to be on a horse. My dad was my hero. Dad was smart. He was entrepreneurial. He was a cattleman....
As Florida marks the half-millennium of cattle ranching this year, the industry tackles challenges from development.
Fort Myers Florida Weekly October 13, 2021 BY MARY WOZNIAK mwozniak@floridaweekly.com Read Full Article on Fort Myers Florida Weekly IT ALL BEGAN THAT WINTER DAY in 1521 when Ponce de León came ashore near Charlotte Harbor on Southwest Florida’s coast, looking to...
The First American Cowboys
Flamingo by CRAIG PITTMAN OCTOBER 18, 2021 Read Full Article on Flamingo Florida cattle ranchers hold fast to a 500-year-old American tradition that began in our state and is helping to save its remaining green spaces. On a steamy August morning, as the temperature...
Ranchers carry on history, family legacies
Fort Myers Florida Weekly October 13, 2021 BY MARY WOZNIAK mwozniak@floridaweekly.com Read full article on Fort Myers Florida Weekly This is a tale of two ranches. They are completely different, but each provides a brief glimpse into the cattle rancher’s way of life...
Keeping The Country
Bitter Southerner | January 28, 2020 Story by Michael Adno Photography by Michael Adno & Cavin Brothers In southwest Florida, nothing seemed as central to the Myakka River Valley as mystery and myth. Over the course of centuries, the region has remained largely...