The Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) recently acquired an easement to protect a 416-acre stretch of land along the Olustee Creek near the confluence with the Santa Fe River in Columbia and Union counties.
According to an ACT release, Donald and Janie Graham protected their 416-acre farm, which has been in Donald’s family since the 1860s, by granting a conservation easement to ACT.
The acquisition was made possible with funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) Alternative Water Supply and Accelerating Suwannee grant programs, which the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) administers. Protection for the Graham family farm now expands a network of connected conservation lands along the Upper Santa Fe River…