Press Releases
ACT to Host Young Leaders For Wild Florida Fall Fest
September 25, 2023
Local State Park Expands with ACT’s Efforts
June 7, 2023
ACT to host Freshwater Fish and Critters of North Central Florida Event
June 6, 2023
Alachua Conservation Trust to Host Annual Ice Cream in the Park at Rockwood Park
June 3, 2023
8th ANNUAL TREE FEST: DRINK 1 BEER, PLANT 4 TREES
April 22nd, 2023
Alachua Conservation Trust to Host Nature Day Celebration at Little Orange Creek on April 15th
April 5th, 2023
ACT Purchases 86 Acres to Expand Conservation Around Orange Lake
March 31, 2023
Spend the weekend with Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) at Tuscawilla Preserve
March 30, 2023
ACT’s Creekside Environmental Ed for Kids Program Awarded
2023 Every Kid Outdoors Grant
February 7, 2023
Celebrate the Holidays with Alachua Conservation Trust at Prairie Creek Lodge
December 10th and 11th
ACT Partnering with First Magnitude Brewing Company to Host Cycling for our Springs
November 13th, 2022
ACT to Host Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice at Rockwood Park on October 23
October 23, 2022
Big Shoals State Forest Expands with Florida Forever Purchase of 142 Acres
October 13, 2022
Alachua Conservation Trust to Celebrate Second Annual Pride at Prairie Creek on October 16
October 12, 2022
Alachua Conservation Trust to Host Young Leaders for Wild Florida Fall Fest and Garage Sale on September 24
September 24, 2022
ACT Awarded $7.85 Million by USDA for Forest to Gulf Regional Conservation Partnership Program
August 18, 2022
State Adds 160 Acres to River Rise Preserve State Park with Critical Inholding Purchase from ACT
August 1, 2022
Photo by Alison Blakeslee
ACT awarded $345,000 in funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Federation (NFWF) Conservation Partners Program
July 6, 2022
Marjorie A. Hoy Memorial Park at Orange Lake Overlook now open to the public
June 2nd, 2022
Photo by Alison Blakeslee
ACT to Host Ice Cream Social at Rockwood Park on May 28
May 23, 2022
Photo by Kim Davidson
ACT and Alachua County awarded $2M in Federal funds to conserve wetlands and forests in the Florida Wildlife Corridor
May 2, 2022
Photo by Kim Davidson
ACT and Partners to Celebrate Nature Day in May at Little Orange Creek Nature Park on May 7
April 25th, 2022
ACT to Celebrate the 2022 Conservation Stewards Awards at Prairie Creek Lodge on March 19th
March 15th, 2022
Photo by Kim Davidson
ACT Accepting Applications for The 2022 Florida Wild For All Scholarship Through March 1
February 23, 2022
Photo by Kim Davidson.
Alachua Conservation Trust Conserves 288 Acres of Land Above Manatee Springs Cave System
January 7, 2022
Photo by Alison Blakeslee.
Two Springs in State Priority Focus Areas Acquired by Alachua Conservation Trust
December 29, 2021
Photo by Kim Davidson.
Policy Brief - Save Cabbage Palms: Stop Lethal Bronzing Disease
December 14, 2021
Alachua Conservation Trust to Celebrate the Season with In-Person Holiday Mingle at Prairie Creek Preserve on Dec. 18
December 14, 2021
Alachua Conservation Trust Receives $8,000 Grant from Land Trust Alliance and Open Space Institute to Help Plan for Climate Change
December 7, 2021
Photo by Alison Blakeslee
ACT helps secure Santa Fe Canoe Outpost for the City of High Springs
November 22, 2021
Critical Inholding at River Rise Preserve State Park Purchased by ACT
October 8, 2021
Photo by Kim Davidson
Land Trust Wins Auction – Secures Conservation Victory Along the Santa Fe River
August 9, 2021
Alachua Conservation Trust’s Santa Fe River Preserve Expands to 1,067 Acres
July 8, 2021
Photo by Tedd Greenwald
Partnership and Philanthropy Save 278 Acres on the Santa Fe River
May 26, 2021
ACT Awarded $5,000 by REI Co-op for ADA Accessible Trail at Serenola Forest Preserve
May 19, 2021
ACT's Surface to Springs Project Awarded $7.1 Million by USDA
April 30, 2021
$200,000 Awarded to Alachua Conservation Trust to Protect the Suwannee Watershed
February 22, 2021
Florida’s First Conservation Easement Protecting Grassland of Special Environmental Significance Recorded in Columbia County
January 11, 2021
ACT Partners with Suwannee River Partnership to Host Cleanups at Santa Fe Springs
December 7, 2020
ACT Receives $22,000 for Simple Things for Our Springs Project
May 29, 2020
Photo by John Moran.
Two Freshwater Springs Permanently Protected by ACT
May 27, 2020
Banner image by Alison Blakeslee.
