The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Thursday presented an update on the proposed mitigation package for the partial release of easements in Split Oak Forest.
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The embittering controversy over Split Oak Forest is whether to allow a major highway to be built across its southern pinelands in exchange for a developer’s donation of hundreds of adjoining wildlands acres and a road builder’s contribution of millions of dollars for caretaking. This week, the longtime custodian of Split Oak Forest, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, .
CFX has broken ground on the 4.4-mile State Road 516 Lake/Orange Expressway, which county officials believe will provide much-needed connectivity between Lake
and Orange counties.
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