The preserve is located largely in the southeast quadrant. Watch the influx of red development, particularly in the northwest quadrant of the animation. The animation below shows development building up around the preserve. Another 3,000 acres were added to the preserve in 1995. The 8,500-acre area was purchased by the Walt Disney Company and transferred to the Nature Conservancy in part to mitigate the future impact of Disney World’s continued development. The Disney Wilderness Preserve opened in the early 1990s on a former cattle ranch slated for development. The expansion in developed land cover is noteworthy, but the Disney presence is also tied to a wetlands preservation project further south of Orlando. Additions such as Hollywood Studios, Blizzard Beach Water Park, All Star Resorts and Animal Kingdom spring up over the course of 32 years, often replacing crop and grassland and butting up against or eating into wetlands. Lighter blues are wetlands, while darker blues are open water. Here's what it tastes like compared to the real thing.This animation shows the Disney World area’s consistently-expanding footprint of amusement parks, resorts and associated infrastructure through the lens of the USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) Primary Land Cover product.
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