JACKSONVILLE, Fla. โ An anonymous donation of $100,000 allowed the North Florida Land Trust to buy 12 acres of land for $150,000 and expand Bogey Creek Preserve in North Jacksonville.
The preserve neighbors Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park and the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and protects nearly one mile of critical marsh front on Clapboard and Bogey Creeks, according to NFLT.
Bogey Creek Preserve was acquired in 2017 through community donations and was opened to the public in 2019.
This anonymous donation, donations from the community and a matching $10,000 donation from Timucuan Parks Foundation helped the nonprofit exceed the $150,000 purchase price.
The additional funds will go to the Amelia Forever Campaign which was created to acquire the remaining natural spaces that exist on Amelia Island.