The Northwest Florida Water Management District has just purchased over 1350 acres along the Apalachicola River in Liberty County.
The 3.6 million dollar purchase includes 3 miles of river front North of Bristol adjacent to Torreya State Park.
District Executive Director Douglas E. Barr called the property a gem that the district has wanted to protect for decades.
It is commercial forest property that has escaped extensive timber harvesting, riverside development and excessive dredge spoil impacts and is one of the most ecologically diverse and significant natural riverine corridors in North America.
The property and its neighbors boasts the highest density of amphibian and reptilian species north of Mexico and its upland ravines are home to eight plant species found nowhere else.
It is also home to the blighted Florida Torreya tree, which no longer reproduces in the wild, as well as 34 rare plant and 16 animal species and 135 listed species, including the Florida black bear.
The land will be opened in the future for public recreation.
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