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

Mary Navarro's children collect shells and skip rocks from the bank of Fairfield Lake at Fairfield Lake State Park on Feb. 27. After leasing the land for the park for decades, the state is trying to buy the land after it was sold to a developer earlier this year. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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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, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department commissioners gave the agency’s executive director the power to take “all necessary steps” to acquire the property that includes the park.