Florida making largest conservation land purchase in decade

Florida is acquiring 11,000 acres near Tallahassee as part of the largest conservation land purchase made by the state in a decade.

Environmental groups backed the deal because it includes ten springs and land along the St. Marks River. They also praised the purchase because the property is a major wildlife corridor that connects land stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to property just a few miles from the Capitol.

The state is buying the property from a Utah company affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.