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State abandons effort to take back Fairfield Lake State Park land

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stop pursuing eminent domain to take over the former park property south of Dallas. A private developer plans to turn it into a luxury subdivision.

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Texas takes legal action to save Fairfield Lake State Park

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department began the legal process of eminent domain to seize the former state park and save it from being turned into an upscale subdivision. The agency had offered a Dallas-based developer $103 million for it.

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Dallas developer starts construction at former Fairfield Lake State Park despite threat of land seizure

Todd Interests, which plans to turn the former park into a high-end subdivision, has a week left to respond to the state’s final offer for the property.

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

With only three days left on the state’s lease, the agency unanimously voted to condemn almost 5,000 acres in Freestone County in an effort to keep the park open to the public after developers purchased the property to build a gated community.

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Fairfield Lake State Park closes again as land sale negotiations fail

The state is now considering seizing the land to save the park after its purchase offer was rejected by a Dallas developer.

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Texas parks officials want to buy Fairfield Lake State Park land after losing their lease

Texas parks officials said they are taking “all necessary steps” to purchase the land and save Fairfield Lake State Park from being turned into a luxury gated community and golf course.

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Shuttered Fairfield Lake State Park will reopen temporarily starting Tuesday

State officials plan to offer free day access to the property as they consider how to acquire the land before its sale.

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Farewell to a Beloved State Park

Texans—already starved for public land—have bid adieu to a well-visited patch of parkland between Dallas and Houston.

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“We’ve come to say goodbye”: Visitors flock to Fairfield Lake State Park on its last day

For decades the park has sat on leased land that the owner recently decided to sell. As the staff closed the gates Monday night for the last time, visitors and staff held out hope that the state could find a way to save the park.

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A Texas park on leased land near Dallas must close because the state’s landlord is selling the property to a developer

After investing $72 million in improvements at Fairfield Lake State Park over three decades, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is out. The state has 120 days to vacate the property.

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