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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 If both sides reach agreement, the spring property would be added to the county's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Program holdings. Page 17 Rosenstiel School's Division of Marine Affairs Program — which managed research at the spring — the university began looking to sell the property. Before the county received the university's offer of the donation, Reid and other members Sarasota County is much closer to becoming of the Friends of Little Salt Spring advocated the new owner of the spring than circum- for the county to purchase the undisturbed stances indicated a few months ago. site, using funds from the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Program. The University of Miami has owned the land since 1982, thanks to a donation. However, But at the end of October, the university and because of cuts in funding to the university's the county seemed far apart on terms. The ONE STEP IN A LONGER PROCESS An aerial map shows the location of Little Salt Spring near North Port. Image courtesy Sarasota County