NATIONAL BRIEFING / FLORIDA
Times Wire Reports
Gov. Charlie Crist’s $1.34-billion deal to buy 180,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corp. land to help restore the Everglades is being scaled back by more than half because the state can’t afford the original deal, the governor announced. The reduction means the state will buy 72,500 acres for $533 million, and hold a 10-year option to buy the rest.
The goal is to convert farm land into conservation land, allowing water managers to clean and store water before sending it into the Everglades.
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