St. Louis County to buy 4,643 acres of forest A pending $4.18 million deal with a nonprofit could close by late summer, making the property available for public use and forest management.

St. Louis County estimates the extra cost to the county will be more than $10 million for SNAP and $6.4 million for Medicaid, which is the equivalent of a 9.5% increase in property tax levy.

The Conservation Fund (TCF) and St. Louis County have announced that the county will be acquiring new public forest land. The deal, which was approved on June 3, will have TSF selling 4,643 acres ...