Land buy helps protect Whiting

MILTON, Fla. - The Navy has partnered with Santa Rosa County to buy nearly 600 acres near Naval Air Station Whiting Field to help prevent encroachment at the base in Milton. In the last eight years the county has been using state money to buy up land to keep development away. The Navy contributed $2.8 million, 75 percent of the cost. (Source: WEAR-TV, 04/16/09)