Passionate opposition has killed a move to sell more than 100 acres of Jackson County’s most ecologically important land for development — though the county executive said Monday that selling Blue River Glades was never really a possibility.
The county had put the land on a surplus list, along with nine other properties, and described it as all but useless, though there are miles of popular, volunteer-built hiking and mountain bike trails snaking through the property.
On Saturday, about 60 people gathered in the trees on the site to protest the possible sale, but by then, the deal was already off…