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Alachua County adopts 10‑year management plan for Loch Loosa Slough Preserve and agrees to work with FWC on new wildlife management area
Summary
The county approved a 10‑year management plan for the 6,200‑acre Loch Loosa Slough Preserve, including prescribed fire, restoration of planted pine to longleaf, and a planned wildlife management area coordinated with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that would allow limited quota hunts and year‑round non‑hunting recreation.
Alachua County commissioners approved a 10‑year management plan for the county’s largest conservation parcel, the Loch Loosa Slough Preserve, and authorized a chair letter indicating willingness to establish a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
The preserve, more than 6,200 acres acquired by the Alachua County Forever program between 2019 and 2024, includes more than 1,500 acres of wetlands and a 2.5‑mile stretch of the Wakulla Slough. County staff told commissioners the site includes roughly 3,200 acres that were formerly pine plantation and will be managed over decades to restore longleaf pine habitat. The plan emphasizes…
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