Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 700 acres of Welaka Woods property has been donated to the North Florida Land Trust. The 716-acre conservation easement is in the critical Ocala to Osceola wildlife corridor.The property is located between Welaka State Forest and Lake George Conservation Area and is the largest conservation easement the nonprofit has received in the O2O corridor.The donation was made by Welaka Woods, LLC.“Keeping this piece of land in its natural state is so important for many conservation reasons including the protection of...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 700 acres of Welaka Woods property has been donated to the North Florida Land Trust. The 716-acre conservation easement is in the critical Ocala to Osceola wildlife corridor.The property is located between Welaka State Forest and Lake George Conservation Area and is the largest conservation easement the nonprofit has received in the O2O corridor.The donation was made by Welaka Woods, LLC.“Keeping this piece of land in its natural state is so important for many conservation reasons including the protection of...WW…

BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The staff at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine is wondering who decided to protect the city's founder from catching coronavirus.The staff discovered the statue of Pedro Menendez de Aviles in front of the museum building, which also serves as St. Augustine’s City Hall, had been defaced (so to speak) this week. Someone adorned it with a face mask.Ray Eme, the associate director for the Lightner Museum, told News4Jax the staff got a kick out of it when they spotted the mask.It's unclear if it was done as a...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The staff at the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine is wondering who decided to protect the city's founder from catching coronavirus.The staff discovered the statue of Pedro Menendez de Aviles in front of the museum building, which also serves as St. Augustine’s City Hall, had been defaced (so to speak) this week. Someone adorned it with a face mask.Ray Eme, the associate director for the Lightner Museum, told News4Jax the staff got a kick out of it when they spotted the mask.It's unclear if it was done as a...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and leading members of the Republican party in Florida, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, said they are ready to step up to host the convention.Trump said if North Carolina’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August, despite the ongoing pandemic, the RNC will be held elsewhere.Curry said Jacksonville is ready to step...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and leading members of the Republican party in Florida, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, said they are ready to step up to host the convention.Trump said if North Carolina’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August, despite the ongoing pandemic, the RNC will be held elsewhere.Curry said Jacksonville is ready to step...WW…