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Thanks goodwitch! I found this very interesting reading. It is a frustrating situation.:angry:


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Thanks goodwitch! I found this very interesting reading. It is a frustrating situation.:angry: 
 
 
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[quote="goodwitch58, post: 544458"]Paving Paradise: Fascinating article from Florida Trend on wetlands and development and powerful people...
 
[URL="http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?page=2&aID=50672"]'Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss' by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite - - from Florida Trend, Florida's Source For Business News[/URL][/quote]
 
Although there is little to deny as factual, the article's bias to wetlands failures falsifies the overall picture. There are significant restorations and creations of wetlands, the most important of which (imo) are those which have become mitigation banks.
 
Often within these restored and/or preserved areas are significant contributions to the public education process.
 
[url=http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Information/education.html]Corkscrew Sanctuary education programs[/url]
 
[url=http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Visit/BoardwalkTour.html]Boardwalk Tour[/url]
 
And to the greening of the land. Divorcing mitigation from the movement to save lands is impossible.
 
Now, to balance my own post, let me say if you wish to acquire additional chagrin, the ACoE is now slipstreaming permitting with an intended turnaround time of 90-120 days to 404 permitting. This is federally mandated and although the Corps is one of only three primary agencies (in FL), it has been notoriously slower and cumbersome.
 
My feeling is that behind this slipstreaming effort is the states aggressive need to raise $$$$. Sales taxes, use taxes, impact fees, permitting fees.
 
More balance? Good news as the number of requests for permits has declined dramatically, the number of employees of the various agencies to the compliance (read fines) side of the house.
 
My 13.75 cents worth.....

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="goodwitch58">Paving Paradise: Fascinating article from Florida Trend on wetlands and development and powerful people... 
 
<a href="http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?page=2&amp;aID=50672" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">&#039;Paving Paradise: Florida&#039;s Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss&#039; by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite - - from Florida Trend, Florida&#039;s Source For Business News</a></blockquote> 
Although there is little to deny as factual, the article&#039;s bias to wetlands failures falsifies the overall picture. There are significant restorations and creations of wetlands, the most important of which (imo) are those which have become mitigation banks. 
 
Often within these restored and/or preserved areas are significant contributions to the public education process. 
 
<a href="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Information/education.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Corkscrew Sanctuary education programs</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Visit/BoardwalkTour.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Boardwalk Tour</a> 
 
And to the greening of the land. Divorcing mitigation from the movement to save lands is impossible. 
 
Now, to balance my own post, let me say if you wish to acquire additional chagrin, the ACoE is now slipstreaming permitting with an intended turnaround time of 90-120 days to 404 permitting. This is federally mandated and although the Corps is one of only three primary agencies (in FL), it has been notoriously slower and cumbersome. 
 
My feeling is that behind this slipstreaming effort is the states aggressive need to raise $$$$. Sales taxes, use taxes, impact fees, permitting fees. 
 
More balance? Good news as the number of requests for permits has declined dramatically, the number of employees of the various agencies to the compliance (read fines) side of the house. 
 
My 13.75 cents worth.....

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[quote="TheSheep, post: 548334"]Although there is little to deny as factual, the article's bias to wetlands failures falsifies the overall picture. There are significant restorations and creations of wetlands, the most important of which (imo) are those which have become mitigation banks.
 
Often within these restored and/or preserved areas are significant contributions to the public education process.
 
[URL="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Information/education.html"]Corkscrew Sanctuary education programs[/URL]
 
[URL="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Visit/BoardwalkTour.html"]Boardwalk Tour[/URL]
 
And to the greening of the land. Divorcing mitigation from the movement to save lands is impossible.
 
Now, to balance my own post, let me say if you wish to acquire additional chagrin, the ACoE is now slipstreaming permitting with an intended turnaround time of 90-120 days to 404 permitting. This is federally mandated and although the Corps is one of only three primary agencies (in FL), it has been notoriously slower and cumbersome.
 
My feeling is that behind this slipstreaming effort is the states aggressive need to raise $$$$. Sales taxes, use taxes, impact fees, permitting fees.
 
More balance? Good news as the number of requests for permits has declined dramatically, the number of employees of the various agencies to the compliance (read fines) side of the house.
 
My 13.75 cents worth.....[/quote]
 
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<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="TheSheep">Although there is little to deny as factual, the article&#039;s bias to wetlands failures falsifies the overall picture. There are significant restorations and creations of wetlands, the most important of which (imo) are those which have become mitigation banks. 
 
Often within these restored and/or preserved areas are significant contributions to the public education process. 
 
<a href="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Information/education.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Corkscrew Sanctuary education programs</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org/Visit/BoardwalkTour.html" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Boardwalk Tour</a> 
 
And to the greening of the land. Divorcing mitigation from the movement to save lands is impossible. 
 
Now, to balance my own post, let me say if you wish to acquire additional chagrin, the ACoE is now slipstreaming permitting with an intended turnaround time of 90-120 days to 404 permitting. This is federally mandated and although the Corps is one of only three primary agencies (in FL), it has been notoriously slower and cumbersome. 
 
My feeling is that behind this slipstreaming effort is the states aggressive need to raise $$$$. Sales taxes, use taxes, impact fees, permitting fees. 
 
More balance? Good news as the number of requests for permits has declined dramatically, the number of employees of the various agencies to the compliance (read fines) side of the house. 
 
My 13.75 cents worth.....</blockquote> 
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GoodWitch58

Paving Paradise:  Fascinating article from Florida Trend  on wetlands and development and powerful people...

[url=http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?page=2&aID=50672]'Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss' by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite - - from Florida Trend, Florida's Source For Business News[/url]

Paving Paradise: Fascinating article from Florida Trend on wetlands and development and powerful people... 
 
<a href="http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?page=2&amp;aID=50672" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">&#039;Paving Paradise: Florida&#039;s Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss&#039; by Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite - - from Florida Trend, Florida&#039;s Source For Business News</a>

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