Alachua Conservation Trust

Our next big project: 20 mile rail-trail and Santa Fe River Preserve

The proposed trail meanders through small-town Florida, and the preserve will protect more than 550 acres along the scenic Santa Fe River.

Historic Rochelle Church

Given by our ancestors, saved for our descendants...

City of Gainesville Acquires Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park with Major Gift

The City of Gainesville will soon have a new nature park, made possible through a grant of $3.6 million to the City from Florida Communities Trust. The landowner, Home
Depot, also made the park possible though a bargain sale of the land and the creation of a trust fund earmarked for park improvements.The grant proposal, real estate transaction and gift agreement were negotiated by Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc., a local land trust.

ACT’s list of projects reads like the history of this place

with native and pioneer names like Tuscawilla, Phifer, Lochloosa, Serenola, Haile, Hartzog, Saarinen, Yankeetown, and of course, Pithlachochoo.

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Blues Creek Audubon Field Trip, May 10th

Conservation Lands Educational Field Trip (CLEFT)
Time: Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 9:00am

Trails Dedicated at Prairie Creek Preserve

Two trails dedicated to two extraordinary women at the opening ceremony of our 319-acre Prairie Creek Preserve in Rochelle.

Conservation Easement Protects Retirement Home for Horses

The Retirement Home for Horses granted a conservation easement over their 245-acre property to Alachua Conservation Trust.

3000-Acre “Clay Ranch” Florida Forever Project Approved

Sandhill cranes amass in the hundreds and the occasional bear ambles through this stretch of land.It rolls from sandhill in the west down to prairie in the east, pockmarked by lakes and basin marshes and interspersed with oak hammocks and pine flatwoods. Setting foot on the ~3000-acre Clay Ranch is like stepping back in time. Video of Clay Ranch

Tax Benefits for Conservation Easements Expanded

On August 3rd, Congress made important changes to rules affecting conservation easements that should be of interest to anybody who would like to preserve their land. Before we summarize these changes, it’s important to understand how conservation easements work.

Celebrating 20 Years of Protecting Our Special Places