Conservation easement protects Olustee Creek

Graham family grants easement on 416-acre farm.

  • The Donald and Janie Graham family sold a conservation easement to Alachua Conservation Trust on the 416-acre farm in Columbia and Union counties along the Olustee Creek. (COURTESY)
    The Donald and Janie Graham family sold a conservation easement to Alachua Conservation Trust on the 416-acre farm in Columbia and Union counties along the Olustee Creek. (COURTESY)

    Donald Graham’s family has been farming the same stretch of land along the Olustee Creek just above the confluence with the Santa Fe River since the 1860s.

    Graham and his wife, Janie, wanted to make su…