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Ted Turner agrees to sell private island to South Carolina

Ted Turner agrees to sell private island to South Carolina | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, media mogul Ted Turner talks with guests at the Captain Planet Foundation benefit gala in Atlanta. Turner has pledged to sell an island to the state of South Carolina to supplement the severely eroding, widely popular Hunting Island State Park. On Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has asked state legislators to pay $5 million for St. Phillips Island. Turner has owned the 4,682-acre barrier island outside Beaufort since 1979 and listed it in 2014 for $24 million. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

ST. PHILLIPS ISLAND, S.C. – Media magnate Ted Turner says he’ll sell an island to South Carolina to help a popular, but eroding state park.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Thursday that the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism asked state legislators to pay $5 million for St. Phillips Island, located near Hunting Island State Park. Turner has owned the 4,682-acre (1,895-hectare) barrier island outside Beaufort since 1979 and listed it in 2014 for $24 million.

Turner said in a statement that the island has offered an opportunity to interact with nature and observe raw beauty that he hopes future generations will be able to enjoy. St. Phillips is among the largest privately held, undeveloped barrier islands left on the coast.

State parks department director Duane Parrish said the opportunity is thrilling.

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Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.postandcourier.com

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