Amendment 1

With the state budget to be passed this evening, conservationists are upset over the way Amendment One funds were allocated. The state’s main land...

Nearly 75 percent of Florida voters backed the state’s new environmental conservation constitutional amendment. Amendment One backers call that...

House and Senate negotiators have been unable to bridge key differences in their competing proposals to fund the environmental portions of the state...

Proponents of water and land conservation are being advised to have "low" expectations as the environmental portion of the state budget is pieced...

Despite continued lobbying and statewide rallies, lawmakers with control over a water-and-land funding package don't appear to be open to pleas to...

Florida’s 20 day special legislative session began June 1st and while much of lawmakers’ focus will be on healthcare spending and negotiating a balanced…

Environmentalists plan to hold rallies across Florida this weekend, again calling on lawmakers to boost the amount of money for land acquisition,...

Senate President Andy Gardiner is calling for transparency and accountability on Amendment 1 as the Legislature prepares to reconvene next week in a…

When the Florida Legislature reconvenes in two weeks in a special session centered on the state budget a large part of the debate will be about Amendment…

Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 1 last November. It’s also known as the Florida Water and Land Conservation Amendment. It sets aside a…