Conservation News
Land Near Lake Ashby Eyed for Conservation Corridor, Water Source
By Dinah Voyles Pulver, [email protected]
A large area of land southeast of Lake Ashby may become one of the first key pieces of land acquired for the Volusia Conservation Corridor but may do double duty as a water source.
Volusia County and the St. Johns River Water Management District officials announced Tuesday they are working together to buy two tracts of land totaling 1,363 acres.
One tract, on the southeast shore of Lake Ashby, would be used for wetland protection, while a smaller piece further southeast is being eyed as a potential location for a new regional wellfield.
"It would be an excellent start toward buying the Volusia Conservation Corridor," said Doug Weaver, director of land acquisition and management for the county.
County and district officials hope the corridor will one day include at least 36,000 acres between the St. Johns River near Lake Harney and Tiger Bay State Forest. The area is considered key to a wildlife corridor linking the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp on the Florida-Georgia border.
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