Currently, Conservation Florida is the only Florida land trust working statewide to protect land within the Florida Wildlife Corridor by developing strategies, exploring funding sources and purchasing or accepting donations of land and conservation easements.

Lake Marion Preserve contains federally listed and state listed flora and fauna species including a rare habitat known as Rosemary Scrub. As habitat management is undertaken on the Preserve, the area is anticipated to increase its’ listed species utilization.

Conservation Florida and its partners at USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) are working to protect a 1,009-acre working cattle ranch in Highlands County.

Conservation Florida and its partners at Avon Park Air Force Range and NRCS have successfully secured funding to save the 1,250-acre Arbuckle Creek Ranch. The land will protect vital wildlife habitat, including Florida’s endangered cutthroat grass, and help sustain military readiness activities.

Conservation Florida has entered into a contract to buy a conservation easement on a 1000-acre working cattle ranch and critical piece of the Florida Wildlife Corridor in Highlands County.

In 2020, Conservation Florida and the Avon Park Air Force Range formalized a partnership that has accelerated the pace of land protection in the Northern Everglades. Through its REPI program, Avon Park Air Force Range has pledged $1.6 million in funding toward the purchase of a conservation easement on Lost Oak.