State halts efforts to take Fairfield Lake property from developer

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has ceased its efforts to seize a 5,000-acre tract of private land that once included a state park and adjoins Fairfield Lake, The Dallas Morning News reported. A private developer purchased the property from a utility company for about $103 million last June and plans to close Fairfield Lake State Park were announced. The land for the park had been lease...

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