Sanctuaries Baden-Powell Scout Reservation 700 acres owned by the Boy Scouts is 6 miles SE of Melrose in Putnam County. Jointly sponsored by the Duval and Alachua Chapters, it has a lake and turkey oak sandhills. Bivens Arm 400 acres of lake in SW Gainesville. Established with University of Florida in 1937 and reestablished with private landowners in 1960.
Alligators are abundant.
Ospreys, eagles and wading birds feed and nest here. Colclough Pond 38 acres in S. Gainesville owned by Florida Audubon since 1971. Contains part of the pond and an old field forest on fertile hammock soil. Many forest and aquatic species occur here. Lake Alice 200 acres on University of Florida campus established as co-op in 1962.