A parcel of land comprising woodlands and a salt marsh was saved after combined funding efforts from local government and volunteers.
According to the Pensacola News Journal, John Frew owned 30 acres in the Midway/Gulf Breeze area in Santa Rosa County, Florida. After deciding to sell, he wanted buyers who would understand the complex ecosystem and work to preserve it.
Grassroots conservation organization Save Our Southside raised $150,000, while commissioner Colton Wright worked to raise a further $850,000 from county funds to buy the land so it doesn’t have to support commercial growth…