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Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will be hosting the first of several statewide and nationwide meetings to obtain ideas on better coastal management.
Initiated by the State of Florida, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coastal States Organization, the Envisioning the Future of Coastal Management program is designed to develop principles and options for the reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act.
This act enables 33 of the nation’s 35 coastal states to acquire government funds to implement federally approved management plans and also authorizes the National Estuarine Research Reserve Program, which includes Rookery Bay. States are eligible for between $500,000 and $2.15 million in federal grant money which must be matched by the state.
Topics for discussion are current and future coastal issues, which programs and policies are working, ideas for new approaches and solutions and setting goals and measuring success.
The meeting will take place at Rookery Bay’s Learning Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., June 22. Participants will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis.
Coastal managers and researchers are particularly encouraged to attend, as well as recreational users and business owners whose livelihoods depend on the health of Southwest Florida’s coasts.
The deadline for registration is June 13 and anyone interested in attending may apply at www.rookerybay.org or by calling Brenda Varnes at 417-6317.
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Hopefully those opposed to the STRP will make it a point to attend. Mr. Batte, a good opportunity to learn about the different aspects of Septic Tank discharge and the impact on our Ecosystem here in Rookery Bay.
#1 Posted by lauralbi1 on May 30, 2007 at 3:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
VI, Batte knows more on the tip of his pinky re: septics and sewers than you know in your whole Moss-washed brain.
#2 Posted by barfieldfly on May 30, 2007 at 4:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I KNEW THE VI WOULD SHOW UP IN THIS TOPIC. There was not even a mention of sewers in this article.
Glad to see barfieldfly back!!!!!!!!
#3 Posted by strike3 on May 30, 2007 at 8:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You guys are absolutely amazing. Are you living in a bubble ?? You know absolutely NOTHING about my background and my education, as I know nothing about yours. I let your comments fly off like water off a duck's back. But for anyone to say there was no mention of sewers and septic in the article is really out of touch. I happen to be a graduate engineer in Civil Engineering, versus a Criminal Investigator, and did my thesis on Groundwater Intrusion. I dealt with groundwater sampling wells and water quality as a Professional Engineer for many years.
All I, as a citizen, have ever done is try to bring some objectivity to your emotional responses and opinions, that are not fact based by a longshot.
If you have any objective interest in learning about Septic TRank discharge and it's impact on our waters, check with Nancy Ritchie or attend this Seminar and listen and ask. Are you afraid that maybe some facts might contradict your emotional and financially motivated opinions??
#4 Posted by lauralbi1 on May 31, 2007 at 10:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
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