Stop the State Parks Takeover - HB 1421: Cattle Grazing on State Land Action Alert
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HB 1421: Cattle Grazing on State Land by Representative Albert hands our State Parks, State Forests, and public hunting lands over to private interests, putting public access, water quality, and imperiled ecosystems at risk!
This harmful bill is being voted on Tuesday, Feb. 17 in the House State Affairs Committee – Here's how you can take action with us to stop HB 1421: Cattle Grazing on State Land by Representative Albert:
☎️ Call the representatives’ offices and ask them to VOTE NO on this bad bill.
William Cloud Robinson , Jr.
(850) 717-5071
James Vernon Mooney, Jr.
(850) 717-5120
Philip Wayne Griffitts, Jr.
(850) 717-5006
Dr. Anna V. Eskamani
(850) 717-5042
Jon Albert (bill sponsor)
(850) 717-5048
Fabián Basabe
(850) 717-5106
Omar Blanco
(850) 717-5115
Adam Botana
(850) 717-5080
Nathan Boyles
(850) 717-5003
Linda Chaney
(850) 717-5061
Lindsay Cross
(850) 717-5060
Ashley Viola Gantt
(850) 717-5109
Angela Nixon
(850) 717-5013
Leonard Spencer
(850) 717-5045
Debra Tendrich
(850) 717-5089
Meg Weinberger
(850) 717-5094
RaShon Young
(850) 717-5040
Nan Cobb
(850) 717-5026
Wyman Duggan
(850) 717-5012
Richard Gentry
(850) 717-5027
Mike Giallombardo
(850) 717-5079
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
(850) 717-5065
Jeff Holcomb
(850) 717-5053
Berny Jacques
(850) 717-5059
Randall Scott Maggard
(850) 717-5054
Fiona McFarland
(850) 717-5073
Michael Owen
(850) 717-5070
🗣️ Talking Points for Phone Calls
You’ll likely have to leave a message, that’s okay!
Hi Representative ___________, I’m calling to ask you to vote no on House Bill 1421, Cattle Grazing on State Lands, in the State Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning.
Floridians like me would lose access to State Parks, State Forests, and public hunting lands that we paid for and currently enjoy.
Last year the Legislature unanimously voted to protect conservation lands from being privatized and commercialized. HB 1421 does the opposite. Like golf courses, hotels, and pickleball courts, commercial agriculture has no place in our state parks.
Florida has millions of acres of land suitable for cattle grazing, but none of them are on our State Parks, State Forests, or public hunting lands.
I support agriculture, but agriculture and conservation lands should both have a place in our state. It is critical that Florida maintain the conservation lands we’ve already purchased in true conservation.
Cattle are one of the largest pollution sources to Florida’s springs, contributing over 1.5 million pounds of nitrogen pollution, per year, in the Suwannee River basin.
Cattle are not a native species and do not belong in natural Florida. Cattle will harm the very things we purchased these lands to protect: native plants, imperiled ecosystems, and water quality.
Click here to send a pre-written, customizable email directly to the representatives who will vote on HB 1421 on Tuesday: https://floridaspringscouncil.good.do/2026legislativesession/HB-1421-StateAffairs/
We have TWO ACTIONS for you to complete to send emails to the entire State Affairs Committee. After you send the first email, you’ll be directed to the second—be sure to complete both!
