Florida Cracker, who writes Pure Florida, posted some astonishing pictures of the tiny sea life that inhabits the sea grass preserve near his home today. Then he linked to a story of some Philistine who wants to dredge a big swath of it so he can bring in thousands of people, and boats and build heliports and golf courses. His plan is so grandiose and alien to a nature preserve, that I could feel my blood pressure rising with every word I read. I have nothing against a healthy economy, but what this man proposes is nothing short of obscene. From what I read at Pure Florida and the Minorcan Factor, there isn't much real Florida left. It would be a terrible shame to wreak havoc on such a spectacular piece of it.
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Bless you.
Thanks FC, this needs to be seen by as many people as possible.
I heard on NPR that St. Joe Paper wants to donate a bunch of land to Audubon if they'll lay off plans for a major airport nearby. The airport will make the rest of their land so much more valuable and spur all kinds of development.
I worry about the local Florida environment, and, all the migrating birds that have to stop there after their exhausting trip over the Gulf of Mexico.
Mojoman, I was astounded that anyone would be so arrogant as to even try to develop a sanctuary like that. I used to despise the Adirondack Park Agency because it does make life something of a challenge for the people who live there. However, as time goes by it begins to look like a pretty good idea in retrospect.
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