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Commission adopts revised Watermelon Pond Preserve plan; neighbor raises access worry

Alachua County Board of County Commissioners · May 12, 2026
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Summary

The board adopted an updated Watermelon Pond Preserve management plan that adds two parcels; a neighboring landowner told the commission a prior donation left his property without legal access and asked the county attorney to resolve the title issue.

The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners on June 9 adopted a revised management plan for Watermelon Pond Preserve that adds two parcels to the preserve and updates the county's 2010 management approach.

Susie Hedrick, site manager in the county's Environmental Protection Department, said the revision adds the Metzger tract (a large central parcel) and a smaller Right tract, and that staff circulated a draft to county…

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