Through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program (ESLPP), Sarasota County acquired 17 new properties (totaling 5,603 acres) from Spring 2020 to Spring 2025. Big Waters Land Trust celebrated protecting more than 20k acres since 2003, including the 656-acre Longino Ranch.
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- 1.1 Prioritize upgrades of Sarasota County Government’s wastewater treatment plants to advanced wastewater treatment
- 1.2 Understand and manage nutrient loads to areas irrigated with non-advanced wastewater
- 1.3 Invest in infrastructure to minimize wastewater spills, emergency releases, and overflows
- 1.4 Improve FDEP public reporting of wastewater discharges
- 1.5 Deliver targeted education and incentives to the public to reduce sewage spills and overflows
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