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Pinellas County pledges $1.5M to save 14 wooded acres. More is needed.

The West Klosterman Preservation Group must raise about $800,000 more to meet the $3 million asking price by the landowner, Pinellas County Schools.

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Pinellas residents secure $2.5 million state grant to save 14-acre forest

Two and a half years into their fight to save some of the last remaining forest in Pinellas County from a housing developer’s bulldozer, a group of residents helped secure

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Crowdsourcing is being used to help buy up parcels of land in Florida

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.

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Effort to save 14 acres in Pinellas gets out-of-state gift to motivate locals

Effort to save 14 acres in Pinellas gets out-of-state gift to motivate locals
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DeSantis action puts Pinellas in the hunt for two land preservation grants

DeSantis action puts Pinellas in the hunt for two land preservation grants
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Vacancies block Florida board from meeting on land preservation grants


Vacancies block Florida board from meeting on land preservation grants
Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t filled two seats on the Florida Communities Trust board, leaving its meeting for awarding $10 million in grants unscheduled.
 
 
Brad Husserl, 60, of Tarpon Springs, left Don Richter, 64, of Palm Harbor, second from left, Kay Carter, 68, Tarpon Springs, second from right, listen as Kay's husband Tex, 68, speaks Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 in Tarpon Springs. The group formed a nonprofit called WK Preservation Group Inc. in March in order to save the approximate 14 acres of land located along Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
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Both Pinellas County groups that submitted state applications for a limited amount of 2021 land acquisition dollars were already facing stiff competition.

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Vacancies block Florida board from meeting on land preservation grants

Vacancies block Florida board from meeting on land preservation grants
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Two groups in Pinellas vie for limited state preservation funding


Two groups in Pinellas vie for limited state preservation funding
Representatives of 14 acres on West Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs and 44 acres owned by the Gladys Douglas estate near Dunedin are asking for a combined $4.6 million from a $10 million state fund.
 
 
Brad Husserl, 60, of Tarpon Springs, top, leads Tex Carter, 68, of Tarpon Spring, Don Richter, 64, of Palm Harbor and Kay Carter, 68, Tarpon Springs as they walk along a trail Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 in Tarpon Springs. A group of local residents formed a nonprofit called WK Preservation Group Inc. in March in order to save the approximate 14 acres of land located along Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]

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