There was some good holiday news for the environment.\n<\/p>\n
The owners of ranchland near the intersection of State Road 60 and Yeehaw Junction have announced a public-private partnership that will turn 27,000 acres onto a place for research and wildlife preservation.\n<\/p>\n
The significance is that more than a decade ago this site was proposed for a 40,000-home development called Destiny, the latest in a series of large developments proposed in some of the last rural areas in the Kissimmee River and St. Johns River headwaters in east central Florida.\n<\/p>\n
The partnership involves the University of Florida, Ducks Unlimited and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida.\n<\/p>\n
This property is north of the 54,000-acre Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park and includes the dry prairie habitat that is home of the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow and other endemic Florida plant and animal species.\n<\/p>\n
It is also an example of how creative alternatives that once were unimaginable can bring a result that is good for both the environment and long-time property owners.\n<\/p>\n
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