Cypress Dune HOA continues to lobby for a beach access for their subdivision. Topsail Hill Preserve protects the most outstanding assemblage of natural communities on the coast of the Florida Panhandle. It is the only place on the planet where dune lakes exist entirely within conservation land, the rare Choctawhatchee beach mouse habitat is undisturbed and wet prairies and coastal scrub are found intact. All of the private land in South Walton will someday be developed, we must preserve our state parks and forest.
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Subject: Topsail Hill State Preserve one entrance only
The acquisition of Topsail Hill Preserve was for the conservation of natural communities found in the Florida Panhandle. Recreation in the preserve must not diminish the resource. The current entrance should remain as the only entrance and beach access.
No additional accesses should be added to Topsail Hill Preserve!
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Skunky
I still don't get these folks who bought in Cypress Dunes knowing full well they had no beach access. It is like marrying someone hoping to change some flaw they have after the legal process is executed. That does not work in marriages and hopefully will not work in this case, either.
SoWal Insider
I say let them have it.
Beach Fanatic
I say let them have it.No thanks we don't need to carve up our state parks or invite people in to sensitive, hard to reach areas. We need habitat that is protected.
Beach Fanatic
Some people will never take NO for an answer. I guess Walton County will continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to invade or divide up our preservation areas in spite of repeated failure to gain approval of the entities that have the authority to allow it. Let's work on creating better traffic flow with the roads we have instead of wasting money on study after study that doesn't change the outcome. If things don't change soon and rapidly, we are going to need a new county seal.
Beach Fanatic
Posting WONDERFUL NEWS from Let It Be Forest's FB page:
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Management Plan has been approved by Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council. The plan maintains the current entrance as the only entrance into the park. The focus of the plan is improving the recreation facilities and restoration of the natural resources.
Top of page 3 is the agenda item.
http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/...ivities/December_2019_ARC_Meeting_Results.pdf
No new entrances. 10 year plan.
Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Management Plan has been approved by Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council. The plan maintains the current entrance as the only entrance into the park. The focus of the plan is improving the recreation facilities and restoration of the natural resources.
Top of page 3 is the agenda item.
http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/...ivities/December_2019_ARC_Meeting_Results.pdf
No new entrances. 10 year plan.
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