HOBE SOUND A grassroots initiative to connect nearly 70,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat is gaining traction among Martin County officials and environmentalists who envision a bustling ecological corridor between two Florida state parks.
The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative, spearheaded by three environment nonprofits, is a multi-year project to acquire and conserve thousands of acres of land threated by between Jonathan Dickinson and Atlantic Ridge Preserve state parks.
Through purchasing patches of for-sale land located in an ecologically rich area, the group hopes to form a snaking expanse of lush natural space where animals such as bobcats, gopher tortoises and a vast array of birds can roam between parks.