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Florida to buy 20,000ac of land near Everglades NP, heading off drilling plans

A swath of land in the Everglades at the center of a fight between a family determined to drill for oil and a constellation of parties urging them not to might finally have a new future.


The state intends to buy the 20,000-acre tract outright and halt the threat of oil drilling on the protected lands near Broward County’s western suburbs, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday.


https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article239311568.html

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