Dozens of people from state and local government, the forestry industry and the environmental community today celebrated the purchase of Silver Springs Forest, which places the 4,900-acre tract north of Silver Springs into public ownership and will protect Silver Springs and the Silver and Ocklawaha rivers. [Dec. 16, 2015]

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