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DuPuis Management Area is a 21,875 acre protected area in northwestern Palm Beach County, Florida and southwestern Martin County, Florida. Recreational opportunities include hunting, horseback riding, cycling, camping, hiking, auto touring, and fishing. During hunting periods it is closed to other use. The property includes a visitor center.
Lower Green Swamp Preserve, formerly the Cone Ranch, is a 12,800 acres (5,200 ha) nature preserve northeastern Hillsborough County, Florida near Plant City.Hikers and equestrians enjoy almost 20 miles (32 km) of sunny, open hiking and equestrian trails winding through the southern portion of the preserve.
Deep Creek Preserve is an 8,040 acre conservation area in Volusia County, Florida. The preserve was created in 2010 after the county purchased a ranch. The preserve protects water supplies and is part of a wildlife corridor connecting the Everglades in south Florida to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on the Florida/Georgia line. [1]
[4] [21] The Babcock Ranch Preserve, which includes land owned by the State of Florida and by Lee County, covers eighty percent of the ranch's original approximately 91,000 acres (37,000 ha). The preserve is self-funding, with all operations supported by revenue from the publicly owned working ranch, the first and only of its type in Florida. [ 4 ]
Tiger Bay State Forest is managed as a Wildlife Management Area by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Indian Lake and Rattlesnake Pond are open for fishing and small boat use. Hunting for whitetail deer, hogs, and small game is permitted during designated seasons.
Aug. 11—A luxury hunting preserve in Southern Butler County is up for grabs. Shilo Ranch at 399 Cornetti Road in Clearfield Township is for sale, with a listing price of $10 million. The hunting ...
Chassahowitzka WMA, in conjunction with neighboring Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, protects the largest continuous block of habitat in this region of Florida. The property is expansive enough to house a remnant population of Florida black bear , although this population is threatened by fragmentation . [ 2 ]
Activities include hiking, biking, and primitive back-pack camping, as well as horseback riding, hunting, fishing, geocaching,and nature study. Amenities include access to the St. Johns River, a horse camp, a youth camp, two primitive backpack campsites, and more than fifty miles of trails. During the rainy season the trails may be under water.