Green Options » Monroe County http://greenoptions.com/tag/monroe-county Posts tagged 'Monroe County' Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Will the Florida Keys Be Our Next National Park? I Hope Not http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/29/will-the-florida-keys-be-our-next-national-park-i-hope-not/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/29/will-the-florida-keys-be-our-next-national-park-i-hope-not/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:46:35 +0000 Levi Novey http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/09/29/will-the-florida-keys-be-our-next-national-park-i-hope-not/ Key LargoRepresentatives from South Florida’s Monroe County are going to make a pitch this week for undeveloped private land in the Florida Keys to be bought with federal and state money, and then turned into a national park. While I’m all for more protection of beach and ocean areas in the Keys, I think this is a terrible idea for several reasons.

The group in favor of protecting the private land from development plans to ask for $1.2 billion from both the U.S. government and Florida State government to cover the cost of buying the property from its landowners. About 7,372 acres of land that contains sensitive vegetation would be bought and would comprise the national park– not the entirety of the Florida Keys. A lawyer who represents some of the landowners has already said that it’s “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

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