Environmental Protection
Acquired Properties
This sign is intended to identify Alachua County Forever Preserves. It will be replaced by permanent signs identifying the site name and any partners when the sites are open to the public.
Not all sites will carry this sign. Beville Creek/Cofrin Nature Park is managed by the City of Gainesville and has their sign on the road. Austin Cary Newnan's Lake and Lochloosa Flatwoods Reserve are managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District. Watermelon Pond - Williams and Santa Fe River Odom are isolated and remote.
Opportunities for recreation are varied and diverse depending on the site. One can enjoy hiking, cycling, birdwatching, nature study, environmental eduction, historic and cultural appreciation, camping, hoseback riding and hunting. Click on the fact sheets below for more information on each acquisition and what to do there.
Links to Preserve Fact Sheets:
- Austin Cary Rayonier (Newnans Lake Conservation Area)
- Barr Hammock Ledwith Prairie
- OPENING DATE: SPRING 2012 (TENTATIVE)
- Beville Creek (Cofrin Park)
- OPEN. Visit City of Gainesville Website
- Gainesville Archipelago - Robertson Conservation Easement
- CONSERVATION EASEMENT. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- Kanapaha Prairie - Frederick and Spalding Conservation Easement
- CONSERVATION EASEMENT. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- Lake Forest Creek Pithlochocco Canoe (Wainberg)
- OPENING DATE: FALL 2009 (TENTATIVE)
- Lake Alto North Preserve (Crosley)
- OPENING DATE: FALL 2009 (TENTATIVE)
- Lake Alto North Preserve Addition (Lake Alto LLC)
- OPENING DATE: FALL 2009 (TENTATIVE)
- Lake Alto North Preserve Addition (Overton)
- OPENING DATE: FALL 2009 (TENTATIVE)
- Lake Alto South Preserve (Ramsden)
- OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
- Lochloosa Creek Phifer Flatwoods
- OPEN. Trail Map and info
- Lochloosa Longleaf Reserve
- Lochloosa Connector - River Styx
- CLOSED. To be opened and managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District
- Lochloosa Connector - Wood Conservation Easement
- CONSERVATION EASEMENT. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve
- OPEN. Trail map and info.
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- Mill Creek Addition (Halbrook and Steedly)
- OPEN. Managed as part of Mill Creek Nature Preserve.
- Paynes Prairie Addition (Bishop and Henderson)
- OPEN. Managed as part of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park.
- Visit http://www.floridastateparks.org/paynesprairie/
- Paynes Prairie Sweetwater Preserve
- OPEN. Trail map and info.
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- Santa Fe River Camp Kulaqua Conservation Easement
- CONSERVATION EASEMENT. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- Santa Fe River Odum
- OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
- Santa Fe River Nature Preserve
- OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
- Watermelon Pond Ashton
- CONSERVATION EASEMENT. NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
- Contact Ray or Patricia Ashton at http://www.ashtonbiodiversity.org/
- Watermelon Pond Gladman
- OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
- Watermelon Pond King (Williams)
- OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
