What is the Bay County Conservancy?

Support the BCC
 by purchasing a new book authored by one of our founding members, Audrey Parker. Proceeds from the book go to the Bay County Conservancy.

“Ninety: Stick Around and You’ll Get There”

Each page of this small book is complete within itself. Audrey has written vignettes of episodes of her long life and ends each essay with a snappy, often humorous comment that makes us smile as we recognize its relevance to the here and now.

Order your copy directly from the Xlibris website by clicking the link below:
ORDER ONLINE

or you may order by phone:
(888-795-4274 ext. 7876)

or pick up a book at the Gallery of Art, 36 W. Beach Drive, in downtown Panama City. Book price: $18.00

The Bay County Conservancy (BCC) is a land trust dedicated to the preservation of environmentally sensitive lands in Northwest Florida.  BCC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a member of the national Land Trust Alliance.  Our goal is to acquire land that will enhance the present and future natural resources of this area.  With our rapid growth rate these lands and natural resources are under constant pressure and threat of development.

Environmentally important land areas, such as endangered wetlands, will be purchased or accepted as tax-exempt donations. Land can also be preserved through conservation easements.  An easement is a contract between a landowner and the Bay County Conservancy that protects certain natural resources of the land while leaving the landowner in possession and some use of the land.

Such land areas provide many benefits:
        wildlife habitat
        stormwater retention
        aquifer recharge
        air cleansing
        recreation and education
        green space for human renewal