DeLuca Preserve is a 27,000-acre (110 km2) protected area in Osceola County near Yeehaw Junction, Florida.
It was donated to the University of Florida by the DeLuca family in 2020, while its conservation easement is held by Ducks Unlimited.
[1] The property is managed by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and is used for teaching and various research projects.
[2] On the preserve property, cattle and citrus are raised, and it also includes flatwood forest, Florida scrub, and swamp.
After Fred DeLuca's death in 2015, his widow Elisabeth, who had reportedly "fallen in love with the property", decided to donate it in order to ensure its continued preservation in its undeveloped state.