The state wildlife agency entrusted with managing Split Oak Forest decided Wednesday to lift protections shielding the 1,700-acre conservation property, clearing the way for the Central Florida ...

Despite the hopes and efforts of Split Oak Forest’s most zealous defenders, the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s contentious plan to build a stretch of toll road through the prized preserve is ...

“What did we miss?” was the question asked by Jason Hight, director of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission conservation planning, at the public meeting in Kissimmee on Thursday regarding ...

The embittering controversy over Split Oak Forest is whether to allow a major highway to be built across its southern pinelands in exchange for a developer’s donation of hundreds of adjoining ...

STATE AGENCY HAS GIVEN THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR A TOLL ROAD TO BE BUILT THROUGH A PORTION OF PRICE CONSERVATION LAND THAT’S BEEN PROTECTED FOR THREE DECADES. THE ROAD WILL CUT THROUGH THE BOTTOM 60 ...

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Read full article: Environmental advocates speak out against Split Oak Forest road project 1,700 acres of conservation land initially acquired to protect habitats in both counties ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. ...

The deal to put a toll road through Split Oak forest is now in the hands of the Central Florida Expressway Authority. 911 AND THE POLICE WILL COME TO YOU, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ...

Read full article: Environmental advocates speak out against Split Oak Forest road project A rendering of what the I-4 at Sand Lake Road interchange will look like when construction is done. Read full ...