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Alachua Conservation Trust
1938 NW 7th Lane
Gainesville, FL 32603-1104
Phone: 352-377-7960
Fax: 352-377-7960

Area of Operation: North-central Florida, primarily Alachua County Founded: 1988


Apalachee Land Conservancy
926 E. Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301-2647
Phone: 850-222-5350
Fax: 850-244-8511


Barrier Island Trust
PO Box 37310
Tallahassee, FL 32315-7310
Phone: 850-922-2948
Fax: 850-987-1336

Founded in 1989, the Barrier Island Trust operates on Florida's barrier islands.


Bay County Conservancy
PO Box 1182
Panama City, FL 32402-1182
Phone: 850-872-8260
Fax: 850-872-9972


Calusa Land Trust and Nature Preserve of Pine Island
P.O. Box 216
Bokeelia, FL 33922-0216
Phone: 941-334-8866
Fax: 941-334-8878

The purpose of the Calusa Land Trust is to protect the natural diversity and beauty of the Pine Island region by acquiring, managing and preserving in perpetuity environmentally sensitive or historically important land...


Conservancy of Southwest Florida
1450 Merrihue Drive
Naples, FL 34102-3449
Phone: 941-262-0304
Fax: 941-262-5872

Mission: Leading the challenge to protect and sustain Southwest Florida's natural environment.


CREW Land & Water Trust
2301 Mcgregor Boulevard
Fort Myers, FL 33901-3353
Phone: 941-332-7771
Fax: 941-338-2936

The CREW Land & Water Trust is dedicated to the preservation and stewardship of water resources and natural communities in and around the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed. The Trust coordinates the land acquisition, land management and public use of the CREW lands.


Florida Keys Land and Sea Trust
PO Box 536
Marathon, FL 33050
Phone: 305-743-3900
Fax: 305-743-0429

Founded in 1978, the trust operates in the Florida Keys.


Florida Trail Land Trust, Inc.
PO Box 13708
Gainesville, FL 32604-1708
Phone: 352-383-5318
Fax: 352-383-5318

The Florida Trail Land Trust's purpose to acquire land or property, or the use thereof, to provide a protected scenic corridor for the Florida Trail, and thus help the Florida Trail Association reach its goal of a continous protected footpath the length of Florida.


Florida's Nature Coast Conservancy
PO Box 401
Cedar Key, FL 32625-0401
Phone: 352-543-6352
Fax: 352-543-9978

Founded in 1992.


Friends of the Scrub
502 E New Haven Avenue
Melbourne, FL 32901-5427
Phone: 407-726-4126
Fax: 407-726-4061

Founded in 1992.


Gasparilla Island Conservation & Improvement Association, Inc.
PO Box 446
Boca Grande, FL 33921-0446
Phone: 941-964-2667
Fax: 941-694-0259

Founded in 1971, the Gasparilla Island Conservation & Improvement Association operates on Gasparilla Island in Charlotte Harbor.


Green Horizon Land Trust
PO Box 2445
Lake Wales, FL 33859-2445
Phone: 863-678-1237
Fax: 863-676-2587

Our mission and philosophy is the preservation of environmentally valuable or sensitive lands in central Florida and to educate the public about the importance and preservation of these lands. The Trust can acquire, hold, and manage land and may also transfer land to public and private agencies having similar objectives.


Gulf Coast Conservancy
PO Box 738
Aripeka, FL 34679-0738
Phone: 727-862-6553
Fax: 727-862-6553

Founded in 1992, the Guld Coast Conservancy operates in the central west coast of Florida, focusing on Western Hernando and Pasco Counties.


Indian River Land Trust
350 US Highway 1
Vero Beach, FL 32962-2906
Phone: 561-794-0701
Fax: 561-794-0602

Founded in 1990, the Trust operates in Indian River County.


Land Preservation Trust of Palm Beach County
3111 S Dixie Hwy Ste 222-48
West Palm Beach, FL 33405-1557
Phone: 407-833-1101
Fax: 407-833-0710

Founded in 1989, the trust operates in Palm Beach and Martin Counties.


Land Trust of Dade County
PO Box 331811
Miami, FL 33233-1811
Phone: 305-325-0045
Fax: 305-669-9438

Founded in 1990, the trust operates in Dade County.


Lemon Bay Conservancy, Inc.
PO Box 508
Englewood, FL 34295-0508
Phone: 941-475-9021
Fax: 941-698-8944

Founded in 1971, the trust operates in the Lemon Bay area.


Longboat Key Conservation Trust
6841 Pine Street
Longboat Key, FL 34228-1219
Phone: 941-387-7843
Fax: 941-387-7843


Martin County Regional Land Trust
1129 Alamanda Lane
Stuart, FL 34996-3619
Phone: 561-287-4360
Fax: 561-287-4360

Founded in 1988, the trust operates in Martin County.


Myakka Land Trust
PO Box 1355
Sarasota, FL 34230-1355
Phone: 941-924-2801
Fax: 941-923-2542

Founded in 1991, the trust oerates in the Myakka River Watershed in Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee Counties.


North Florida Land Trust
4400 Marsh Landing Boulevard, Suite 4
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Phone: 904-280-4142
Fax: 904-280-1840


Northwest Marion Land Trust
PO Box 949
Micanopy, FL 32667-0949
Phone: 352-466-4136
Fax: 352-466-4136

Founded in 1992, the trust operates in Northwest Marion County.


Orange-Seminole Land Trust
33 E Pine Street
Orlando, FL 32801-2607
Phone: 407-843-6552


Osceola Land Trust
600 N Thacker Avenue # O
Kissimmee, FL 34741-4892
Phone: 407-870-2200


Panhandle Land Conservancy
36468 Emerald Coast Parkway, Suite 2201
Destin, FL 32541-3723
Phone: (904)-837-9166


Red Hills Conservation Program/Tall Timbers Research, Inc.
13093 Henry Beadel Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32312-0918
Phone: 850-893-4153
Fax: 850-893-7954

A unique aspect of TTRS is that it is the only research station in the United States that has a land trust component, and, by definition the only land trust organization with a research component. Today, there are 62,500 acres in the Red Hills protected in perpetuity by easements; TTRS holds more than half of these easements.


Redland Conservancy
4181 Malaga Avenue
Miami, FL 33133-6324
Phone: 305-740-9007

The Redland Conservancy is a land trust dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the unique natural character and quality of life in the Redland and to rebuilding South Dade in an environmentally responsive manner.


Regional Land Trust for the Indian River Lagoon
PO Box 22892
Melbourne, FL 32902
Phone: 407-504-4500
Fax: 407-504-4488


Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
PO Box 839
Sanibel, FL 33957-0839
Phone: 941-472-2329
Fax: (941) 472-6421

Established in 1967, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation has established four priority activity areas: Land Acquisition, Habitat Management, Environmental Education and Landscaping for Wildlife.


Southwest Florida Land Preservation Trust
PO Box 2721
Naples, FL 34106-2721
Phone: 941-352-7112
Fax: 941-384-1408


The Nature Conservancy, Florida Field Office
222 S Westmonte Drive, Suite 300
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714-4269
Phone: 407-682-3664
Fax: 407-682-3077

A dedicated group of volunteers founded the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy in 1961. Since it's founding, the Conservancy’s Florida Chapter has helped protect more than 911,000 acres of natural lands.


Trust for Public Land - Southeast Regional Office
306 North Monroe
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-222-7911

Miami Field Office
7900 Red Road, Suite 25
South Miami, FL 33143
Phone: 305-667-0409
Fax: 305-667-0427

Jacksonville Field Office
118 W. Adams Street, Suite 500
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: 904-634-1969
Fax: 904-634-1970

Established in 1974, TPL's Southeast Regional Office works to provide parks and open space and to preserve family lands and traditional working landscapes in cities and rural communities.


Volusia County Land Trust
PO Box 2491
Daytona Beach, FL 32115-2491
Phone: 904-255-8171

Founed in 1980, the trust operates in Volusia County.

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