Division of State Lands

Florida’s Land
Programs
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History of Publicly-Owned Lands
1845-1855

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 Land Ownership in Florida
Public vs. Private

There are a total of 34.7 million acres in Florida

Source: Public Lands Inventory for State of Florida (based on DOR Property assessment rolls) , January 2011
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Map of Florida
34.7 Million Acres

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 Map of Florida
Sovereign Submerged Lands

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 Map of Florida
State-Owned Lands

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 Map of Florida
Water Management District-Owned Lands

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 Map of Florida
City/County-Owned Lands

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 Map of Florida
Federally-Owned Lands

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 Florida’s Publicly-Owned Lands
9.7 Million Acres

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 Board of Trustees’-Owned Lands
3.3 Million Acres

Conservation Land: 3.1 million acres Non-Conservation Land: 0.2 million acres

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

Goethe State Forest

Cary State Forest

Source: Board of Trustees Property Inventory Database, July 2011

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Water Management District-Owned Lands
2.1 Million Acres
Source: Public Lands Inventory for State of Florida

Florida Everglades Florida Everglades

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 Purpose for Acquisition of Lands

Madison Blue Spring State Park

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 Florida’s Land Acquisition Programs
1963 to the Present

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 Funding Source of Florida Forever
Appropriations

$700

$600

$500

$400
Millions

$300

$200

$100

$0
90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12
Trust Fund, GR &
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $307 $0 $610 $0 $18 $0 $15 $0
Interest Earnings
Bond
$300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $229 $0 $300 $0 $300 $300 $0 $0 $0
Proceeds
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 Florida Forever Balance
As of September 30, 2011

Total Total Balance Approved Balance After

Appropriation Expenditures Commitments Approved
Commitments

$2,974,822,685 $2,848,162,919 $126,659,766 $62,810,792 $63,848,974

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 Documentary Stamp Taxes

4500

4000

3500

3000

2500
Millions

2000

1500

1000

500

0
92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11
Millions
639 775 695 775 844 1045 1185 1224 1313 1573 2002 2631 3365 4058 3060 1826 1016 1017 1094
Collected

Source: Florida Department of Revenue

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 P2000 and Florida Forever
Debt Service
$450

$400

$350
Total Debt: Remaining Debt:
$7.8 Billion $2.7 Billion
$300

$250
Millions

$200

$150

$100

$50

$0 90- 91- 92- 93- 94- 95- 96- 97- 98- 99- 00- 01- 02- 03- 04- 05- 06- 07- 08- 09- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20- 21- 22- 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29-
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
P2000 & FF
Debt Service 0 25 0 9 114 138 158 187 217 246 278 303 330 350 355 343 375 375 397 427 429 418 415 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 136 123 100 100 81 57 45 21 0
in Millions
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 How Are We Doing?
1990 – Start of the Preservation 2000 Program

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 Continuing Needs

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 Future of Florida’s Land Programs

Barr Hammock Ledwith Prairie, Alachua County

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 Questions?

Florida State Parks 2010 Photo Contest Winner

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