Deforestation of Walton County
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Just an opinion - one of the best threads i have read on the forum.
We love South Walton County and spend our winters here when it is less hectic. Sure, we love the beach but we appreciate and love the state forest and parks the most.
Our summer beach vacation preference is the Outer Banks of North Carolina but we love being in South Walton over the winter.
We love South Walton County and spend our winters here when it is less hectic. Sure, we love the beach but we appreciate and love the state forest and parks the most.
Our summer beach vacation preference is the Outer Banks of North Carolina but we love being in South Walton over the winter.
Wildlife officials move ahead with plan to release conservation land for highway
FWC will give up 60 acres to get an additional 1,500 acres, but environmentalists have concerns about the deal.
www.floridatoday.com
This seems like the epitome of sensible development and conservation planning. 1500 acres for 60 is the definition of preserving the land. Highest value land will always have a use, but the incremental creep over time is on the stuff no one wants today. Taking large tracts today and putting them off limits also helps developers because it pushes you’re capacity towards the in between land. Win/winWildlife officials move ahead with plan to release conservation land for highway
FWC will give up 60 acres to get an additional 1,500 acres, but environmentalists have concerns about the deal.www.floridatoday.com
So how many acres should your St Joe daddy give for their road across state land?
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The most productive way to find a happy medium that I’ve seen is pretty much what is occurring in Northwest Florida. Much the rest of the country is way too political and skewed one way or another. California it’ll take you 8 years to build 40 homes in the middle of nowhere, and in places like Arizona and South Florida they’re building like half the country is showing up tomorrow.
My understanding is that they’ve pledged something like 55,000 acres for conservation. The problem with most environmentalists, is that they’re like beggars in San Francisco. You give them 10 and they ask for 20. You give them 100 and they want 500. Then you sit back and realize they don’t really have any sort of claim to any of it but they’ll just never be grateful.
The most productive way to find a happy medium that I’ve seen is pretty much what is occurring in Northwest Florida. Much the rest of the country is way too political and skewed one way or another. California it’ll take you 8 years to build 40 homes in the middle of nowhere, and in places like Arizona and South Florida they’re building like half the country is showing up tomorrow.
I picked up a friend from the Cumberland Farms gas station across from the SW visitors center. Drove to the Watersound Towncenter. Asked him if he thought the area was overdeveloped or lacking forestry. He starting laughing and thought I was trying to be a wise ass.
Desantis admin wants to develop ALL of Florida, including habitat for the Florida Panther and other endangered species. Trump cut out US Fish and Wildlife and handed the state waht it wanted but it was recently reversed.
news.wgcu.org
Shortly before leaving office, the Trump team gave Florida’s government authority over a federal permitting program that plays a huge role in shaping development decisions in the state.
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But then, in a shocking twist, a federal judge finally issued a ruling on the Conservancy’s lawsuit challenging Florida’s assumption of key federal permitting authority. It was a stunning decision that reverberated across the state: The judge effectively invalidated FDEP’s takeover of the federal permitting program on the grounds it was in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Developers, as well as the state of Florida, were furious. A spokeswoman for FDEP denounced the decision, saying the state’s permitting program had been “brought to an abrupt halt by the stroke of an activist federal judge’s pen in Washington, D.C."
Preserve or develop? Race against time to protect Florida’s Wildlife Corridor
When Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act into law in the summer of 2021, the occasion was met with a flurry of glowing headlines and general celebration by conservationists across the state. But the effort to protect the integrity of Florida’s landscape is a race...
Shortly before leaving office, the Trump team gave Florida’s government authority over a federal permitting program that plays a huge role in shaping development decisions in the state.
...
But then, in a shocking twist, a federal judge finally issued a ruling on the Conservancy’s lawsuit challenging Florida’s assumption of key federal permitting authority. It was a stunning decision that reverberated across the state: The judge effectively invalidated FDEP’s takeover of the federal permitting program on the grounds it was in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
...
Developers, as well as the state of Florida, were furious. A spokeswoman for FDEP denounced the decision, saying the state’s permitting program had been “brought to an abrupt halt by the stroke of an activist federal judge’s pen in Washington, D.C."
Is anyone surprised? The same presidential candidate just recently offered to sell our future to the fossil fuel industry for one billion dollars.Desantis admin wants to develop ALL of Florida, including habitat for the Florida Panther and other endangered species. Trump cut out US Fish and Wildlife and handed the state waht it wanted but it was recently reversed.
Preserve or develop? Race against time to protect Florida’s Wildlife Corridor
When Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act into law in the summer of 2021, the occasion was met with a flurry of glowing headlines and general celebration by conservationists across the state. But the effort to protect the integrity of Florida’s landscape is a race...
Shortly before leaving office, the Trump team gave Florida’s government authority over a federal permitting program that plays a huge role in shaping development decisions in the state.
...
But then, in a shocking twist, a federal judge finally issued a ruling on the Conservancy’s lawsuit challenging Florida’s assumption of key federal permitting authority. It was a stunning decision that reverberated across the state: The judge effectively invalidated FDEP’s takeover of the federal permitting program on the grounds it was in violation of the Endangered Species Act.
...
Developers, as well as the state of Florida, were furious. A spokeswoman for FDEP denounced the decision, saying the state’s permitting program had been “brought to an abrupt halt by the stroke of an activist federal judge’s pen in Washington, D.C."
This was his proposal in 2020 so imagine what your property values will be if this were to become reality.
All the forests in the world won’t make Sowal a better place if this is our future.
