Orange County has before it a resolution to submit the application to FCT to remove Split Oak's protections. Please attend! The road is the Osceola Parkway Extension that's going from the Airport to the 417 to Narcoossee Road to the not-yet-developed Deseret Ranch. This road would not only directly destroy the 60 acres that the […]
This meeting is where the Orange County Charter Review Committee will consider a good amendment to protect Split Oak Forest by preventing Orange County from taking any action to harm Split Oak Forest. Public comment is taken at these meetings and the public is welcome to attend. Please come if you can! Whether you can […]
Please attend and support a resolution to tell the Orange County BCC to not talk any action on Split Oak Forest until Split Oak goes to the voters on November 2020. Please be prepared to say a few words in support. RESOLUTION to the ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Regarding Central Florida Expressway Authority […]
Please come out before the Orange BCC meeting and pressure the Orange County Commission to redo their rushed vote on Split Oak!
In case Split Oak makes it to the Florida Communities Trust board meeting agenda for April 16th, please hold this date to drive up to Tally and give 'em hell. The meeting will be in Conference Rooms A&B of the DEP Douglas Building.
Commissioner Emily Bonilla requested that the Orange County Commission clarify their position on Split Oak in advance of the FWC meeting on 12/5 (see her commissioner's report here). Since the Nov 2020 election where protecting Split Oak passed by 86%, Orange County staff have still been expressing support for the road through Split Oak, including […]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is the government agency that manages Split Oak. It also holds a conservation easement in the Osceola County portion of Split Oak and is a party to the Grant Award Agreement with Orange and Osceola Counties to the Florida Communities Trust (FCT). At this meeting the board […]
Register Here: https://forms.gle/CBF2cxbTXQ7Bhp699 Coalition Meeting: (Hybrid meeting in-person and virtual) The Friends of Split Oak Forest and Coalition Members of the Save Split Oak Campaign will be meeting to discuss the history of the fight to save Split Oak Forest, an overview of the recent updates from the Orange County Board of County Commissioners November […]
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners will bring back the Split Oak Forest agreement topic for a work session on February 6 from 9 am to 1 pm. Your opportunity to speak will be during the Public Comment section of this meeting at 9 am. To register in advance to speak, you can fill […]
The final FWC decision on Split Oak will likely be at the next FWC board meeting, a two-day affair (we don't know which one), on Feb 21-22 on the FSU campus in Tallahassee. If you can, please take the time off. We will be arranging accommodations and transportation for those who want to travel as a group. […]