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Florida Forever would receive $100 million, another $100 million is earmarked for the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, and $800 million would fund projects connecting the Ocala and Osceola National Forests.

Miami-Dade County's contentious recent urban boundary move will block an old slough — a shallow channel that cut through the rock ridge in South Dade to deliver 'lifeblood' freshwater from the Everglades to Biscayne Bay and seen as key to wetlands restoration, environmentalists and planners say.

A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman has been charged in federal court with shooting one of the endangered Key deer unique to the Keys.

Conservator Gwen Manthey is working one-on-one with Ian survivors in Southwest Florida to salvage their most important possessions.

Gopher tortoises are generally doing well and need federal protection only in the small area where they were declared threatened 35 years ago, the government said.

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.

“We need objective, measurable criteria for the key deer to be recovered,” said Jason Totoiu, a senior attorney for the Center For Biological Diversity. “These draft criteria fall short."

A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.

After a record number of manatee deaths mostly linked to malnutrition, state and federal wildlife officials hope to double rescue and rehabilitation capacity before the sea cows again congregate in warm waters during the winter.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that could lead to increasing the sites where gopher tortoises can be moved out of the path of development.

An environmental group says the Biden administration has made secret plans to weaken protection for the world's rarest crane.

It's the second major purchase since state officials put a priority on preserving natural land in those wildlife corridors.