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Pages in category "Wilderness areas of Florida" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Lake Proctor Wilderness Area; Lake Woodruff National ...
Florida's state forests are state forests overseen by the Florida Forest Service. There are 38 state forests in Florida covering more than 1,058,000 acres. [1] The first state forest in Florida was Pine Log State Forest, established on 6,960 acres in 1936. Cary State Forest was established in 1937. [2]
The Apalachicola National Forest is the largest U.S. National Forest in the state of Florida.It encompasses 632,890 acres (988.89 sq mi; 2,561.2 km 2) [1] and is the only national forest located in the Florida Panhandle.
The Big Scrub (earlier called the Etonia scrub) is a large area of Florida scrub, about 40 miles (64 km) long and 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide, including about 200,000 acres (312 sq mi; 809 km 2) of scrub habitat, out of the 366,037 acres (572 sq mi; 1,481 km 2) in the national forest.
The Lake Proctor Wilderness Area is a 475-acre (1.92 km 2) wooded site located in east Seminole County, Florida, United States, near the town of Geneva and to the west of Lake Harney. It can be found by taking State Road 46 east from Sanford, Florida and following it to the entrance on the left (north) side of SR 46 approximately 1-mile (1.6 km ...
Florida had 10 wilderness areas until their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989. For federally designated wildernesses, see List of U.S. wilderness areas . There are also privately owned areas called wildernesses like the Nature Conservancy 's 12,000 acre (49 km 2 ) Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida .
The Bradwell Bay Wilderness is part of the United States National Wilderness Preservation System, located in the Florida panhandle adjacent to the Apalachicola National Forest. The 24,602 acre (100 km 2 ) wilderness was established on 3 January 1975 by the Eastern Wilderness Act .
The Northwest Florida Greenway is a project that aims to connect forests from Alabama to Florida's Big Bend, creating a safe and scenic transportation route for people and wildlife. Nokuse Plantation is one of the largest private conservation areas in Florida, spanning over 54,000 acres of land. The size and connectedness of Nokuse Plantation ...