FREESTONE COUNTY, Texas -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department voted unanimously to use eminent domain to seize a 5,000-acre property south of Dallas that included Fairfield Lake State Park on ...

AUSTIN, Texas — State Sen. Charles Schwertner has filed Senate Bill 1656 to try to save Fairfield Lake State Park, nearly a week after it was permanently closed. Feb. 28 was the last day the public ...

The state of Texas and the Dallas-based developer who’s planning to purchase Fairfield Lake State Park have reopened discussions, a state official said, and are once again trying to reach a deal for ...

A Texas state park visited by guests for its hiking trails, horseback riding and fishing for the last nearly 50 years will soon be closed to the public. Fairfield Lake State Park will be turned into a ...

Earlier this year, it was announced that Fairfield Lake State Park was being closed to the public and sold to an investor who plans to build an exclusive residential community on the site, which would ...

On a blistering June morning, Andy Sipocz brushes his fingers through the thick, sawgrass fronds rising higher than his head beside a creek in the Texas Hill Country. Around him, rocky limestone lines ...