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NEW: Just as the FL state parks scandal winds down, anxiety is building again over a new land deal that would trade 600 acres of wildlife area to a newly formed company. And just last week, the director of state lands abruptly resigned. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

As controversy swirls around this new land swap, Florida DEP News sent us the resignation letter of the agency’s director of the division of state lands:

Hundreds of people gathering on the corner of A1A in St. Johns County this morning in protest of the state’s new proposal to trade away 600 acres of conservation land from the nearby Guana River Wildlife Management Area

Sarah Arnold, a St. Johns County commissioner, said she’s in disbelief that — once again — her community has to mobilize opposition against a plan to give up protected land Just months ago, she fought against the plan to develop Anastasia State Park “I’m getting whiplash”

NEW: Bipartisan outrage is growing over the proposed deal to swap 600 acres of a preserved Florida wildlife area to a mysterious LLC. A Republican lawmaker has asked the state enviro. dept. to reveal the identity of whomever is behind it. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

🚨 Trump’s chief of staff tells us the proposed Guana land swap is “outrageous” (first reported by The Tributary) Also looks like DeSantis golfed w/ chair of FWC today and wore a hat with what looks like the Cabot logo. Cabot was at the center of the last controversial land swap

The amount of Republican opposition to DeSantis' land proposals is something. No to building in state parks. No to drilling in the Apalachicola River. Now this — opposing giving a private company 600 acres of a wildlife preserve 👇

NEW: The mysterious LLC behind the Guana preserve land swap has withdrawn its proposal after facing steep opposition, days before what was expected to be a raucous meeting of the council that had to review it. Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

The group behind the controversial plan to swap away 600 acres of Florida conservation land in St. Johns County is withdrawing its proposal, Florida DEP News tells us Here’s what we saw when we visited on Friday 👇 tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW: The day after a landowner withdrew its plan to acquire 600 acres of Northeast Florida conservation land, DeSantis, when asked about it, didn’t provide an answer to the question Floridians and politicians are still wondering: Who’s behind the proposal? tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW: DeSantis just signed the "State Park Preservation Act" to prohibit building golf courses, hotels and other amenities on state park land. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…

BREAKING 🚨 DeSantis just signed the bill banning golf courses and hotels from being built on state park land tampabay.com/news/environme…

"Gossett-Seidman said the Guana land swap proposal showed there’s more work needed to bolster state laws around public land conservation." Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

These Tampa Bay residents moved before a new hurricane season. They told us why. - goo.gl/alerts/xTJzyW #GoogleAlerts

While many people have stayed in Tampa Bay after last year's hurricanes, some have left. They are spread across the country. Michaela Mulligan and Max Chesnes talked to a bunch of them about why they decided to go. tampabay.com/hurricane/2025…

Weeks since its withdrawal, secrecy persists around the Florida land swap that would have granted 600 preserved, public acres to an LLC. Recently, someone posed as a producer for 60 Minutes to try to get information about who was talking about the deal. tampabay.com/news/environme…

NEW w/Emily L. Mahoney: The golf course developer that wanted more than 300 acres of Florida state forest — a move the Cabinet granted early approval — is poised to do a 180 after backlash The company now wants to sell the state 340 acres for conservation tampabay.com/news/environme…

The power of public backlash: Last summer, golf resort Cabot Citrus was poised to get 324 acres of state forest, to much criticism. A year later, it could now strike a deal with the state to sell 340 acres and EXPAND the state forest. w/ Max Chesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…