Donate to Protect Englewood Neighborhood Nature

ANNOUNCING OUR SECOND ENGLEWOOD LAND ACQUISITION FUNDRAISER!

You are invited to HELP US purchase and protect a 1/4 acre land parcel (Lot 8, Clearwater Street) in Englewood to permanently protect neighborhood nature!

HOW: RAISE $15,000 by September 5, 2025.

Donations can be made:

Via this GoFundMe

or

Via Venmo: Environmental Conservancy NP - @NPconservancy

or

Via PayPal on our website: www.ecnorthport.com

Checks are also accepted, please make checks payable to The Environmental Conservancy of North Port, Inc. and mail to 3465 Alfred Road, North Port, FL 34286.

WHAT: With this acquisition we would permanently protect 1/4 acre of natural wildlife habitat abundant with native plants and trees in a Charlotte County designated Florida Scrub-jay zone that hosts documented populations of the Scrub-jay, Chuck Will’s Widow, Northern Bobwhite Quail, Gopher Tortoise, annual-nesting Screech Owls, Bobcat and other wildlife.

WHY: As development progresses, Englewood neighborhood natural habitat for wildlife is being slowly erased. Our land acquisitions provide natural "stepping stone” habitat pockets in neighborhoods giving them their own place to call home amidst residential development.

Upon completion of a new residence, few to no local native plants that once grew on a lot are replanted, and when a local native tree is replanted (live oak, slash pine, sabal palm) it is common that it will not survive and grow to maturity. Replanting native trees/plants is always recommended, but replanting can never take place of an untouched natural environment.

While Charlotte County has its own Scrub-jay Habitat Conservation Plan which requires builders to pay designated fees to clear lots in Scrub-jay zones County-wide, those fees are then used to buy land only in the Eastern part of the County to protect Scrub-jay habitat there where the birds also live. Florida Scrub-jays are not relocated; instead they are left to adapt to ever-shrinking habitat amidst development in places not covered by the Habitat Conservation Plan. A fee must also be paid to clear lots that house Gopher Tortoises; they are relocated to other areas of the State under Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission's current program in most cases; only some burrow locations meet the requirements of a “relocation on site” which allows the Gopher Tortoise to remain in the neighborhood.

WHO: We are a 501c3 non-profit that acquires and permanently conserves neighborhood land in North Port AND Surrounding Areas (Charlotte/Sarasota Counties to date) for preservation of, and education and research about, neighborhood wildlife, native plants, trees and soil as our population continues to grow at a rapid pace. In other words, WE SAVE NEIGHBORHOOD NATURE.

Since we began our mission in early 2020 we have acquired and protected 19 parcels in North Port and 28 parcels across Charlotte County for a total of 47 to date.

Visit our website at www.ecnorthport.com, Facebook at The Environmental Conservancy of North Port And Surrounding Areas or Instagram @npconservancy to learn more about us.

Tax ID Number 84-4132468

THE FLORIDA REGISTRATION NO. FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVANCY OF NORTH PORT, INC. IS CH61576.

A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES AT 1-800-435-7352 OR ONLINE AT FDACS.gov

REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.