Nature Conservancy in our backyard

I came across a story about the Nature Conservancy and Silver Springs, which is in Marion County.

"4,500-acre swath of environmentally sensitive land north of Ocala that developers once planned to flatten and carve into a 14,000-home subdivision will be spared that fate ... Under the agreement, the DEP will pay about two thirds of the $76 million, the Nature Conservancy will pay about one-third of the bill and Marion County will kick in $2.5 million. Next year, the state will buy out the Nature Conservancy's share, turning the property into public land, said Keith Fountain, Nature Conservancy director of protection."

Read the whole article.

(Photo from Ocala.com)