{"id":3100,"date":"2026-02-05T12:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:54:56","slug":"creek-ranch-opens-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3100","title":{"rendered":"Creek Ranch Opens To Public"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large.jpeg 592w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/large-250x300.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Florida Scrub Lizards are part of site&#8217;s diverse flora and fauna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creek Ranch, which was once proposed for development and purchased by the state in 2024, is now open to the public.<br>The 1,342-acre site on Hatchineha Road is called Creek Ranch Public Small Game Hunting Area.<br>The opening follows a public meeting on the property&#8217;s management plan, which was held last March.<br>Except for a couple of weekends in January and February when family hunts are scheduled, the site is open daily for day-use.<br>Visitors can access the property on foot, by bicycle or on horseback.<br>The property contains a mosaic of habitats including scrubby flatwoods, oak hammocks , wetlands and improved pasture.<br>The site lies within a statewide wildlife corridor and its preservation as a public conservation area complements early state, federal and private acquisitions in the area,<br>Nearby conservation areas include the Hatchineha Unit of the Everglades Headwaters Wildlife Management Area, Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek State Park, Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area and Hatchineha Ranch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Scrub Lizards are part of site&#8217;s diverse flora and fauna Creek Ranch, which was once proposed for development and purchased by the state in 2024, is now open to the public.The 1,342-acre site on Hatchineha Road is called Creek Ranch Public Small Game Hunting Area.The opening follows a public meeting on the property&#8217;s management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gci"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3104,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3100\/revisions\/3104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}