Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape
Kayakers paddle Arbuckle Creek. Photo by Don Yackel.
Creating a corridor for paddlers and wildlife and a buffer for Avon park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape
Conservation Florida is working with the United States Air Force in the Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape to acquire conservation easements. For example, we’re currently working on the protection of over 1,200 acres of ranchland along Arbuckle Creek and located adjacent to Avon Park Air Force Range in Highlands County.
The protected lands will form a wildlife corridor and offer a buffer of open space around the military base. The habitat is suitable for species such as the Florida scrub jay, Florida black bear, Eastern indigo snake, and gopher tortoise.
The landscape is located on the eastern edge of the ancient Lake Wales Ridge.
Read about our work within the Avon Park Air Force Range sentinel landscape:
Arbuckle Creek Ranch
Conservation Florida and its partners at Avon Park Air Force Range and NRCS have successfully secured funding to save the 1,250-acre Arbuckle Creek Ranch. The land will protect vital wildlife habitat, including Florida’s endangered cutthroat grass, and help sustain military readiness activities.