From their press release on the 1000 Friends of Florida website:

"1000 Friends of Florida has released a study identifying strategies to stem the dramatic loss of Florida's rural lands over the next 50 years. Working to Sustain Florida's Rural and Natural Lands: A Call to Action, is a follow-up to the group's chilling report, Florida 2060, which included the projection that the amount of urbanized land in the State of Florida will double by 2060, based on current development patterns.

"Losing 7 million acres of rural lands to urban development is unconscionable," says 1000 Friends of Florida Chairman Emeritus Nathaniel Reed. Unwilling to accept this proposition, Reed met with some of the state's leading conservationists, developers, planners and agricultural leaders to help chart a different course for Florida's future.

Reed used that input as he crafted the report, Working to Sustain Florida's Rural and Natural Lands. It includes a series of recommendations on how to better protect Florida's vanishing natural lands, covering such topics as visioning and public policy, economic strategies, planning strategies and citizen involvement.

Reed notes 1000 Friends intends to work with Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson, DCA Secretary Tom Pelham, DEP Secretary Mike Sole, DOT Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos and other state leaders to help implement the recommendations. The report will also be presented to the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida and other statewide bodies to incorporate into their recommendations."  Continues