Florida Forever

The Florida Cabinet is approving two significant land acquisitions through Florida Forever. But state lawmakers refused to put more money in the program...

Advocates are developing a Florida Forever rescue strategy for next year, even before Governor Rick Scott weighs in on the Legislature’s $82.4 billion...

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, considered the GOP frontrunner in next year’s governor’s race, is slamming the Legislature’s $82.4 billion...

Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet could spend about $8.5 million next week to conserve thousands of acres of land owned for decades by two ranching…

The Florida Legislature has voted to eliminate funding for Florida Forever, the state's primary land-conservation program.The only part of Florida Forever…

The Florida House is pushing to change how money in one of the state’s primary environmental trust funds is spent. But most lawmakers were in the dark...

Florida lawmakers have tentatively agreed to pull funding from the state's top land conservation programs.

A bill that looks to "un-muddy" the mission of Florida's main environmental land acquisition program could potentially affect the plan for an Everglades...

Updated at 11 a.m. Tuesday On the wall behind Jim McCarthy’s desk hangs a large photograph of a skeletonized tree trunk resting on the iconic Boneyard...

Environmentalists are breathing a sigh of relief after a powerful House Republican agreed to back down from his controversial “use it or lose it,” appro...

Florida Forever could become Florida Never if Republicans have their way. As Jim Ash reports, that’s how critics are describing paltry spending...

Continued uncertainty over federal health funding is causing budget pains in the Florida legislature. The House and Senate have a $4 billion gap in...