Manatee County recently bought about 711 acres of environmentally sensitive land, protecting the land from development and preserving green space in the area.
County commissioners approved the purchase, totaling $16.25 million, according to a news release.
The county’s voter-approved conservation lands program funds were used to buy two properties, an approximately 545.5-acre Myakka Valley Preserve in eastern Manatee County and the roughly 156.4-acre Bunker Hill Preserve in Parrish…