Manatee County to buy 105-acre rural site for conservation for $3.6M

Triple Oak Preserve will be used for conservation and could be a place for environmental education, a county official says.

By Elizabeth King
| 5:05 p.m. July 31, 2024
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Triple Oaks Preserve spans 105 acres with various types of habitat.

Manatee-Sarasota

Manatee County took a step toward purchasing 105 acres for environmental conservation in rural east Manatee County July 30, after commissioners approved a contract for sale and purchase plus an escrow agreement for Triple Oak Preserve.

Sellers Orin and Vicky Oberlander will receive $3,606,000 for the property at 30480 Betts Road, Myakka City, according to the agreement.

When the couple purchased the property in 1996, “the only trees on that parcel were three oaks,” according to Environmental Lands Division Manager Debra Childs Woithe; that is how they came up with the name “Triple Oak Preserve” for the land Manatee County now plans to add to its conservation bank.