Lee County to buy 40 acres along Caloosahatchee in North Fort Myers

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to purchase 40.56 acres east of Moody Road and fronting on the Caloosahatchee River in North Fort Myers for the Conservation 20/20 land conservation program.

The Conservation Land Acquisition and Stewardship Advisory Committee (CLASAC) unanimously recommended purchasing the land along Moody Road.

The land also has some frontage on Hancock Creek, a known bald eagle nest, and deer and rabbits on the site.

The purchase price of the property along Moody Road is $7.9 million, plus closing costs.

There are 31,444 acres of land in the Conservation 20/20 program.

In other business, Commissioners voted Tuesday to:

• Purchase 5 acres in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed for $7,500 for the Conservation 20/20 Land Acquisition Program.
• Purchase 2.5 acres in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed for $4,200 for the Conservation 20/20 Land Acquisition Program.
• Pursue acquisition of a 2.02-acre improved in-fill parcel located in Charlotte Harbor Buffer Preserve in northwest Cape Coral.