Category: "environmental"

In a recent interview, Dean Saunders sat down with the Land Journal to discuss how he established the basis for Florida's conservation easements back in the 1990's.

In a recent interview, Dean Saunders discussed how agricultural events in the 1980s inspired him to create legislation that evolved into Florida's conservation easement programs.

At this year's Lay of the Land conference, a panel of experts spoke about the importance of water management in the State of Florida.

The Land Journal recently sat down with Dean Saunders to discuss conservation easements. Saunders outlined three reasons why the state buys conservation easements from landowners.

1. Avoidance of [...]

There are many reasons to sell a conservation easement on your land. Essentially, a conservation easement is a restriction on future development rights of the land while the landowner still [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the world, people everywhere have been impacted on a personal or financial level. The health impact and loss of lives is obviously the first [...]

At this year's Lay of the Land Conference, The Land Journal sat down with Michael Minton to discuss water management in the state of Florida. Minton is Chair of Dean Mead's Agribusiness and Solar [...]

It is essential to preserve Florida's natural habitats. While there are many ways of assisting in this effort of conservation, providing funding for the Florida Forever program has been one of the [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently spoke about his environmental strategy at this year's annual Lay of the Land Conference. The Governor discussed a number of topics including Florida Supreme [...]

Do you know what a conservation easement is?

When land is purchased, the landowner is entitled to a number of rights pertaining to the land including the right to develop and the use of the [...]