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Staff reports progress on multiple acquisitions and plans to expand Volusia Conservation Corridor
Summary
Resource Stewardship staff updated the Volusia Forever Committee on active acquisition negotiations (Triple T Ranch, McMillan, Double Eagle, Tomoka Marsh and others), a planned sale of Edgewater canals to the city and a proposed expansion of the Volusia Conservation Corridor that could add tens of thousands of acres for voluntary conservation.
Staff reported a series of ongoing transactions, partnerships and mapping work at the April 4 Volusia Forever Committee meeting.
Tim Telfer, chief of conservation acquisition, and Hunter Falmer, chief of land management, provided project-level updates. They said negotiations are advancing on agricultural-easement projects (Triple T Ranch and McMillan), that a large southern project (Double Eagle, roughly 990 acres) is nearing legal agreement with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and that a Tomoka Marsh transaction (about 1,300 acres) is progressing in…
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