An additional 501 acres in the Charlie Creek area in northeastern Hardee County is expect to gain additional protection through the expansion of the acreage in conservation easements on a private ranch.\n<\/p>\n
The option to proceed was approved at a recent Florida Cabinet meeting under the state’s Rural and Family Lands program.\n<\/p>\n
The purchase price for the easement was $1.4 million, half of which may be covered by funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Program.\n<\/p>\n
The property reportedly contains gopher tortoise, Sherman’s fox squirrel, burrowing owl and sandhill crane and lies in section of a statewide wildlife corridor that allows for the dispersion of other wide-ranging species such as Florida black bear.\n<\/p>\n
This is one of a series of purchases of conservation easements that have occurred on this property, the Charlie Creek Ranch, and on other private tracts in the area since 2017.\n<\/p>\n
Conservation easements are voluntary purchases of development rights that provide cash to property owners while allowing them to continue traditional multi-generational agricultural activities.\n<\/p>\n
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