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County highlights land-conservation gains, approves two property actions
Summary
Alachua County’s Land Conservation Board summarized fiscal 2024 accomplishments, and the County Commission voted to accept a 5-acre donation and to exercise an option to buy 68.5 acres near Watermelon Pond.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners on March 11 heard a fiscal year 2024 report from the Land Conservation Board (LCB) that outlined dozens of property reviews and several recent acquisitions, then approved two land-conservation actions: accepting a donated parcel on Mill Creek and exercising an option contract to buy a 68.5‑acre tract near Watermelon Pond.
The LCB’s secretary, Kristen Young, told commissioners the board reviewed 24 nominated properties in fiscal 2024 and added 21 to a priority pool; eight projects closed during 2024 and those acquisitions totaled “almost 1,500 acres,” she said. Young said the county’s Alachua County Forever program now protects “over 35,000 acres.”
The county later voted, without recorded roll-call names, to accept a donation from trustee Catherine R.…
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