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Texas has begun steps to claim Fairfield Lake State Park through eminent domain. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously Saturday to condemn the popular state park in a bid to ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife has filed to condemn a 5,000-acre piece of land that contains the former Fairfield Lake State Park, making progress toward seizing the property from a Dallas-based developer ...

This map shows the planned “Freestone” community that developer Todd Interests plans to build at Fairfield Lake, including on land that is currently used as a state park. Obtained from the Texas Parks ...

FREESTONE COUNTY, Texas -- Texas isn't giving up on saving Fairfield Lake State Park, a 1,820-acre park that operated on leased land for decades until the owner sold it earlier this year. On Thursday, ...

The fair market value of the Fairfield Lake State Park property in eminent domain proceedings is more than $418 million, a special commission determined in November. In mid-November, the appointed ...

Private developer Todd Interests plans to turn the former Fairfield Lake State Park property into a gated community. The state Parks and Wildlife Department is aiming to seize the land through eminent ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Todd Interests, the firm that acquired the land in and around Fairfield Lake State Park, and recently rejected a purchase bid from the state, is defending its decision, and ...

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FAIRFIELD (Texas Tribune) - For the second time this year, the state has closed Fairfield Lake State Park after it was unable to negotiate the purchase of the property from a developer. After several ...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- In a new attempt to save Fairfield Lake State Park, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department filed a petition to condemn and seize the 5,000-acre property south of Dallas through ...