Levy County citizens concerned about the environment joined residents of Alachua and Marion counties Mar 30 in Micanopy to strategize a response to the proposed state budget which reduces Florida Forever funding from the traditional amount of $12.4 million – leveraged to secure $300 million annually for land preservation – to $0 in the next fiscal year.
The Florida Forever program focuses on purchasing land and land use rights to conserve and permanently protect land resources.
Mark Carpenter, a mail carrier, rancher and ten year volunteer with Goethe State Forest who owns land just north of Bronson, attended the event. He said that it is important to keep funding Florida Forever. “We are at a critical point now. We need to continue with those [conservation] efforts.” He believes that preserving certain pieces of property is critical for Florida’s environment. “We can’t stop now,” Carpenter said.
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