Manatee County is using voter-approved conservation funds to purchase 4.5 acres of forested land around the Rye Cemetery and Rye Preserve in Parrish to shield the area from future development.

Manatee County is using voter-approved conservation funds to purchase 4.5 acres of forested land around the Rye Cemetery and Rye Preserve in Parrish to shield the area from future development.

County officials have so far made three land purchases with the conservation fund approved by voters in 2020: $15.5 million for a 98-acre expansion of Emerson Point Preserve in Palmetto, $11.2 ...