Florida county considers unpopular land swap with national forest

Florida county considers unpopular land swap with national forest

The Apalachicola National Forest land that Wakulla County wants is full of cypress swamps and sinkholes — not the best place to build recreational fields and playgrounds. (Photo/Chloe Broker)Sometimes I think the most “Florida” county of the 67, the one that best encapsulates the good and bad of the Sunshine State, is Wakulla County up in the Panhandle. It contains lots of wild natural beauty, and the politics can be equally wild. Wakulla’s natu…