Ģ��Av Continues Fighting for Birds/Wildlife in Fort Myers Beach

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Ģ��Av Continues Fighting for Birds/Wildlife in Fort Myers Beach

Florida Ģ��Av Society Refiles Petition to Protect Local Critical Wildlife Area

Published November 04, 2016

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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: November 4, 2016
Contact: Brad Cornell, Southwest Florida Policy Associate, (239) 280-6278, bcornell@audubon.org

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Florida Ģ��Av Society submitted an amended petition to continue challenging the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) intent to permit a private boardwalk through the heart of the sensitive Little Estero Island Critical Wildlife Area (LEICWA) in Fort Myers Beach. Property owners Texas Holdem, LLC and Squeeze Me Inn, LLC have applied to construct a private boardwalk from rental houses across protected mangroves and a state-owned tidal lagoon. DEP dismissed Ģ��Av’s original petition (see from Oct. 14, 2016). Ģ��Av remains committed to standing up for the threatened and endangered birds and wildlife in the LEICWA.

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