State pays $6.5M to purchase, preserve Fish Island
Read full article: State pays $6.5M to purchase, preserve Fish IslandST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The state of Florida is now the official owner of Fish Island and the city of St. Augustine will manage the property. “This is a significant day for the St. Augustine community who worked for more than a decade to save Fish Island from development,” said Jim McCarthy, president of NFLT. Fish Island is a healthy maritime hammock forest and preservation will help avoid water quality impacts to the Matanzas River. “Considering all the efforts and ‘stars that had to align’ it is somewhat of a miracle that Fish Island will be preserved for future generations,” Freeman said. The Matanzas Riverkeeper and the community group Save Fish Island will soon be hosting a volunteer event to clean up the property.