Opinion: As Florida grows, rising land prices are outpacing decades‑old conservation funding—putting working lands and water ...

A fight over rural boundaries in Central Florida led to an 11th-hour amendment and a tense exchange on the Senate floor.

Celery Fields in Sarasota, Florida. The Florida legislature’s proposed budgets are set to severely restrict, or even defund, Florida Forever, one of the ...

Issues like housing affordability, water supply, wildlife protection, and rural development impact the daily lives of Florida residents and shape communities. As the legislative session in Tallahassee ...

Florida's Rural and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP) aims to preserve agricultural land from development. Since 2001, the program has protected over 225,000 acres of working farms and ranches.

I grew up swimming in North Central Florida’s springs, driving past cattle ranches and longleaf pine forests, and believing that some parts of this state would always feel like “Old ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida could be poised for a major boost to its rural communities. Lawmakers are reintroducing the ‘Rural Renaissance’ plan in the 2026 legislative session, aiming to boost rural ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bill containing language that would have allowed property developers to get around county rural boundary requirements failed in the Florida Senate on Thursday. The Senate ...

FLORIDA (WMBB) – During a news conference on Friday, speakers discussed the findings of a new report on how Florida’s rural roadways have increased congestion, fatality rates and freight movements.

If there is anything we learned from Floridians’ collective outrage at the proposed developments in our state parks last year, it is that we share a deep-rooted opposition to watching our natural ...