The Florida Department of Transportation issues first draft of map showing areas to avoid for Polk-to-Collier toll road known as the Southwest-Central Florida Connector.

Polk County used a combination of its own funds and a grant to cover the cost of the conservation easement. The county received a grant of $242,500 from the Florida Defense Support Task Force ...

A patch of land off County Line Road in Polk County, near Bowling Green, is subject to a syndicated conservation easement. Critics say the program has been abused as a tax shelter.

The purchases, made through the state’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, are for easements on the 707-acre K-Rocker Ranch in Polk County, at a cost of $3.2 million; the 998-acre Los Niños ...