Will Senate President Ben Albritton's push to help rural areas be doomed by more squabbling between Gov. DeSantis and House ...

FloridaCommerce is distributing $1.5 million to 26 communities across the state to help develop technical assistance and ...

Does Florida need 67 counties? County representatives say consolidations would clash with local pride — as well as ...

This explains why many rural and farm/ranch properties don't have MLS numbers or addresses. These properties often have large ...

Owners of three farms have signed deals with the state, totaling nearly $9 million, to restrict future residential and commercial development, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced Monday.

Conservationists are celebrating the protection of 13 acres of land along the Myakka River in east Manatee County. Manatee ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County’s Charter Review Commission is set to decide whether an effort to protect rural parts of Orange County will be on the November ballot. The Charter Review Commission ...

Nearly 4,400 acres of pasture lands in Central Florida will soon be forever protected from development and continue serving as critical pieces of a statewide wildlife corridor. Acting as the Board of ...

Conservation easements are supposed to shield land from development forever, not enable it years down the road. But in Florida, at times key road connections — or political connections — trump the ...