August 2025 Newsletter

Published on September 2, 2025

With August coming to an end it means we can officially say farewell to our fork-tailed friends, the Swallow-tailed kites. These raptors spend their springs and summers soaring above the Corridor before migrating thousands of miles to South America for the winter. As the skies become [...]

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In The Prairie With The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

August 29, 2025
Photography and writing by Corridor Connect Director Alex FreezeIt’s pitch black at 4:45am as I drive the rural Osceola County roads winding between the orange groves, but I couldn’t be more awake. Today, I’m going to see my first Florida grasshopper sparrow.  Male Florida grasshopper sparrow “dark green over white”, or [...]The post In The Prairie With The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow appeared fir

Development off limits: 2,317 acres off Lake Kissimmee to be permanently conserved

September 5, 2025
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Weather-battered signs still pepper the property of “Eagle Haven Ranch,” a peek at what might have been.“The property hit the market, and it would have been available to anybody,” said Traci Deen, president & CEO of Conservation Florida. “It could have become a marina or a golf course or copy-and-paste homes.”She said instead, the 2,317-acre property known as “Eagle Have