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Closer to home, an unnamed philanthropist purchased the 2,909-acre site north of Coleman Landing on Lake Kissimmee that was once proposed for a golf resort. The new owner reportedly intends to sell the development rights via a perpetual conservation easement. Voters in Volusia and Manatee counties approved measures to tax themselves to preserve remaining environmental sites. Voters in Orange County overwhelmingly approved measures that will confer rights to the Wekiva River and other local water bodies to protect them from pollution and passed a measure aimed and thwarting plans to build a new toll road through part of a popular nature park called Split Oak Forest. ....
Don’t be surprised if see more people equipped with binoculars than usual in parks and along roadsides all over Polk County in the coming weeks. The time for the annual Audubon Society Christmas bird count is approaching. Locally, the effort will begin Saturday with the Lake Region Audubon Society count in the Lakeland-Winter Haven area. That will be followed by the Ridge Audubon count on Dec. 26. There is also a count at Avon Park Air Force Range tentatively scheduled for Dec. 30 and a count in the Green Swamp around Colt Creek State Park in early January. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago with the upcoming hiking season, the COVID-19 pandemic is also affecting how the bird counts are being conducted. ....