About The Florida Wildlife Corridor
"To champion a collaborative campaign to permanently connect, protect and restore the Florida Wildlife Corridor."
After decades of work from conservationists, scientists, politicians, and many others, the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act was signed into law following unanimous bipartisan support by the Florida legislature on June 29, 2021.
The Florida Wildlife Corridor comprises nearly 18 million acres of contiguous wilderness and working lands crucial to the survival of many of Florida’s 131 imperiled animals. In addition to protecting wildlife, conserving these wild spaces is critical to our overall well-being—offering recreation opportunities, strengthening resilience against intensifying storms, and protecting water quality.
Benefits to People
The Corridor also protects ranching and fishing, supporting large sectors of Florida’s economy. The Everglades headwaters and other crucial areas which feed springs and reservoirs can be found in the Corridor, which is responsible for protecting much of Florida’s drinking water.
Benefits to Wildlife
The Florida Wildlife Corridor comprises nearly 18 million acres of contiguous wilderness and working lands crucial to the survival of many of Florida’s 131 imperiled animals, including the Florida panther, Gopher tortoise, manatee, Burrowing Owl, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Swallow-tailed Kite, and black bear.
Benefits to Ecosystems
In addition to protecting wildlife, conserving these wild spaces is critical to our overall well-being—offering recreation opportunities, strengthening resilience against intensifying storms, and protecting water quality.
Programming & Expeditions
The Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation partners with organizations and individuals nearly as diverse as the wildlife they aim to protect. They cultivate awareness and action through film, photography, painting, drawing, mapping, storytelling, and expeditions. Florida’s long term economic prosperity and quality of life depends on a healthy and sustainable ecosystem. Using a science-based approach, on-the-ground knowledge of the Corridor, and the support of thousands of followers throughout the state and nation, we work to identify and elevate the most pressing threats and opportunities facing the Corridor.
Each expedition they embark on has been tailored to better understand the landscape of the Corridor. They seek out scientists, land managers, ranchers, farmers, and the outdoor recreational community who know the land and depend on it. At its core, the Corridor is a story of connections, and the expeditions are the embodiment of a search to uncover the most important connections that can mean the difference between preservation or loss of the global treasure that is the Florida Wildlife Corridor. They capture the journey of each expedition through documentaries to share the stories of wild Florida with the public.
Together, these events combine science, policy, and public participation to build a stronger, better-informed movement for clean water and resilient ecosystems. https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/
How Does RidgeRock Support the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation?
RidgeRock Outing Club proudly partners with the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation to champion the permanent connection, protection, and restoration of Florida’s natural lands and waters.
This year, we’re putting that into motion by equipping the Foundation with one of our own—Gumbo Limbo—a RidgeRock Rig designed to go further, carry more, and support the kind of work that happens off the beaten path.
On April 21, 2026, the Foundation will begin the Longleaf to Lighthouse Expedition—a week-long journey tracing a critical stretch of the Corridor from the Red Hills of southern Georgia to the Gulf at St. Marks. Gumbo will be part of that journey, supporting the team as they move through longleaf pine forests, hardwood hammocks, floodplain swamps, and down the St. Marks River to the coastal marshes of Apalachee Bay.
This landscape is more than scenery—it’s one of the Southeast’s most vital ecological connections. A living system that links wildlife, water, and communities across state lines.
The expedition will bring together local leaders, landowners, scientists, and storytellers—people actively shaping Florida’s future—and place them directly in the environments they’re working to protect. Through this, the story of the Corridor will be told from the ground up, from upland forests to coastal estuaries, showing how every piece is connected. Because without protection, the link that holds it all together could be lost.
Through this collaboration, we aim to safeguard wildlife habitats, protect clean water, strengthen community resilience, and ensure future generations can experience the beauty—and balance—of Florida’s wild spaces.
Stay tuned as we continue to grow this partnership, support the 2026 expedition, and find new ways to connect more people to the Florida Wildlife Corridor.