LIVING HISTORY
ROBERT ADAMS
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the wind. Bud often takes
his camera along on rides
through the ranch, just in
case he spots a caracara or
a red-shouldered hawk ―
or maybe a sly gray fox.
His balanced wilderness
makes room for nature’s
necessary predators. Bud
has been an avid photographer
since the age of
10, and longtime readers
of Indian River Magazine
will be familiar with his
wildlife pictures, which
for years have graced the
last page.
“Man has the power to
care for the land and the
animals,” he writes in The
Old Florida, “or the power
to destroy. A perfect
world is one with a good balance of man, animals and the
land. Our planning and preparation is not in years, it is
in generations.”
CONSERVATION KEY
Bud has been busy keeping a lookout for future generations
At 88, Bud Adams remains active in the operations of the ranch he helped establish.
and what they will need to retain a healthy quality of
life long after he is gone. Fortunately for Florida’s remaining
wildlife and for all of us, he and his family have kept their
18,000 acres on the Treasure Coast in a condition that sustains
the vital ecosystem we all depend upon.
“The Adams Ranch conservation program lies at the heart
of our business,” Bud says in The Old Florida. “The hammocks
of Adams Ranch are the longest tract of hammocks left in the
Indian River District. We hope to see it preserved… At my
age, I am concerned about how the land will look 50 to 100
years from now.”
Bud’s leadership in cattle breeding and conservation have >>
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