The Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area is a +111 acre tract located in northeast-central Indian River County. The property was purchased in October 1995 by Indian River County with a 50% cost-share grant from the Florida Communities Trust (FCT).

The WSCA is the second largest mitigation tract for the Sebastian Area-Wide Florida Scrub-Jay Habitat Conservation Plan (Florida Scrub-Jay HCP). The Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area was acquired primarily to protect and restore xeric scrub habitat on the property. The Florida Natural Areas Inventories and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection classify the sand pine scrub, scrubby flatwoods and xeric oak scrub communities, comprising approximately two thirds of the conservation area, as rare or imperiled both globally and statewide. The property is known to support three families of a federally threatened species, the Florida scrub-jay. Other species of concern include the federally threatened Large Leaved Rosemary, the Gopher Tortoise, a state listed species of special concern. In addition to resource management, facilities are planned for the property to provide public access for environmental education and passive recreation. Public use facilities are planned for 2004-2005.
Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area is a beautiful xeric oak scrub habitat full of wildlife and scrubby inhabitants. A walk through the Conservation Area provides visitors with a glimpse of scrub restoration in progress. Timbering, prescribed burning and sand pine thinning are all part of a long term plan to bring the Conservation Area into optimal scrub habitat, specifically for scrub dependent species such as the Florida Scrub Jay, Gopher Tortoise, Eastern Indigo Snake, Gopher Frog, and Scrub Lizard. The Conservation Area also contains some small, isolated freshwater wetlands that contain beautiful wildflowers and freshwater species. Woodstorks, White ibis, Great blue herons, and other wading birds are frequent visitors of the wetlands. Trails and public facilities will be provided off of County Road 510 and will afford visitors a moderately difficult walk through the white sandy scrub.