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The Sarasota Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast will showcase their plan for the Quad Parcels at a Saturday open house.

FHP statistics show pedestrian fatalities are on the rise in Sarasota County. In 2021, 17 people were killed in such traffic crashes.

Faced with diminished state funding, some turn to crowdsourcing for land conservation

As state officials focus on buying massive areas of undeveloped land, crowdsourcing efforts are being used across the region and state to try and preserve smaller pieces of nature.

As state officials focus on buying massive areas of undeveloped land, crowdsourcing efforts are being used across the region and state to try and preserve smaller pieces of nature.

A private landowner and a conservation group agree on easement to preserve 48.4-acre farmland by the Celery Fields.

A nearly 50-acre parcel is adjacent to 33 preserved acres west of the Sarasota County landmark.

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast announced that the 48.44-acre protection was made possible by a landowner who donated a conservation easement.

Local environmental advocates Jeanne Dubi and Christine Johnson hail the partnerships that have led to the Quad Parcels project in Sarasota County.

Sarasota County Commissioners rezoned three parcels of land to allow for a conservation easement.