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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opts for eminent domain to save Fairfield Lake State Park

FREESTONE COUNTY, Texas -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department voted unanimously to use eminent domain to seize a 5,000-acre property south of Dallas that included Fairfield Lake State Park on ...
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Texas lawmaker introduces bill to reopen closed state park

AUSTIN, Texas — State Sen. Charles Schwertner has filed Senate Bill 1656 to try to save Fairfield Lake State Park, nearly a week after it was permanently closed. Feb. 28 was the last day the public ...
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State reopens discussions to purchase Fairfield Lake State Park from developer

The state of Texas and the Dallas-based developer who’s planning to purchase Fairfield Lake State Park have reopened discussions, a state official said, and are once again trying to reach a deal for ...
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Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund

On a blistering June morning, Andy Sipocz brushes his fingers through the thick, sawgrass fronds rising higher than his head beside a creek in the Texas Hill Country. Around him, rocky limestone lines ...
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Todd Interests to pursue Fairfield Lake development despite state’s plan to seize land

Dallas developer Shawn Todd said he has no plans to halt work on his planned development on the Fairfield Lake State Park land, even as the state of Texas moves forward with eminent domain to seize ...