Hickory Preserve

05/22/2026

WE DID IT! 🎉 It is officially official—Hickory Preserve is now protected forever under a permanent conservation easement!

A profound thank you to the Northwest Florida Water Management District for partnering with us to protect this beautiful forested watershed. (See us signing the paperwork! ✍️💚)

This landmark moment is thanks to an incredible team effort:
🌱 Board: Neil Jones, Cassie Dillman, Tom Kelley, Ken Ross, & Anne Hempel
🌱 Land Management Coordinator: Jean Huffman
🌱 Emeritus Board: Don Braegger, Kelly McGrath, & Kathy Kellogg
..and every single supporter who has stood by us!

Looking Ahead: We’re eager to get to work with restoration and community outreach. We are still working to raise approximately $200,000 to retire our remaining land acquisition debt—let’s cross that finish line together!
https://www.hickorypreserve.com/donate-and-support

05/01/2026

https://mailchi.mp/8b0594328343/springnewsonhickorypreserve-13864544

04/13/2026

Our nature loving hearts are full! 💚 We enjoyed a lovely hike through Hickory Preserve on Saturday learning plant identification skills from local botany experts: Andy Clewell and Lilly Anderson-Messec. Besides finding Buffalo Clover, the best part was sharing the beauty of Hickory Preserve with over 20 botany enthusiasts from near and far.

A big thanks to everyone that joined us and helped to raise funds for the Preserve! We really appreciate your support.

04/09/2026

Learn about Hickory Preserve and our unique Shortleaf Pine-Oak-Hickory woods in this WFSU ecology blog post and 5 minute video. And help us protect and manage Hickory Preserve by contributing at Hickorypreserve.org or contribute and come out to see the land and learn about plants on our very special field trip this Saturday - register at the link at Hickorypreserve.org

Tallahassee's Hickory Preserve is home to an ecosystem found nowhere else in Florida. Shortleaf/ oak/ hickory is a Red Hills habitat.

04/05/2026

🌿Join us next Saturday, April 11th, for a Guided Botanical Tour of Hickory Preserve to learn plant identification skills with two renowned North Florida Botanists/Ecologists: Lilly Anderson-Messec and Dr. Andre Clewell.

REGISTER HERE:

Guided plant identification tour of Hickory Preserve with Tallahassee botany experts.