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Developer, environmental groups work out compromises over rural villages Naples Daily News Between sometimes contentious and hours-long public meetings, developers planning rural villages in eastern Collier County and a handful of environmental groups negotiated further protections for land and wildlife. Collier Enterprises is moving plans through the county for three villages in environmentally sensitive lands in the county s 185,000-acre Rural Land Stewardship Area.  Plans for the villages Rivergrass, Longwater and Bellmar spurred debate from groups concerned the development would further imperil wildlife habitat and sensitive ecosystems. While some groups, such as the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, oppose the villages and have even filed a lawsuit over Rivergrass, others sat down with the developer to work out some compromises.

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