Tall Timbers accepting applications for conservation practices cost share

Published on September 17, 2025

An application period is open for landowners in 11 North Florida counties to tap into $25 million in federal financial assistance for land management and conservation practices thanks to a new partnership between Tall Timbers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Applications are being accepted through October 3.

Learn more about the program and how to sign up here. 

Other news

Florida Forever Program Celebrates 200th Conservation Easement, Protecting Over 364K Acres

September 16, 2025
By Billy Adams | Tampa Free PressThe Florida Forever Program marks a quarter-century of protecting the state's most valuable landscapes, watersheds, and cultural sites through strategic partnerships with private landowners.The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is celebrating a major milestone for its Florida Forever Program, which has officially secured its 200th conservation ea

Florida's rarest bird stars in new conservation documentary

September 17, 2025
By Michael PulaskaTAMPA, Fla. — A small, brown bird found nowhere else in the world is garnering significant attention as conservationists fight to save the Florida grasshopper sparrow from extinction.Only about 200 Florida grasshopper sparrows exist in the wild, in the last remaining dry prairies of Polk, Highlands, and Osceola counties. The critically endangered species is the focus of a new doc