Green Options » Southwest Florida http://greenoptions.com/tag/southwest-florida Posts tagged 'Southwest Florida' Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Southwest Floridians Want Wildlife Protected http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/southwest-floridians-want-wildlife-protected/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/southwest-floridians-want-wildlife-protected/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:32:12 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/03/28/southwest-floridians-want-wildlife-protected/ Florida’s wood storks. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user Mwanner.)For all of Southwest Florida’s problems (congestion, a troubled real-estate market, etc.), apathy about the environment doesn’t seem to be one of them.

According to a recent telephone poll by Audubon of Florida, 91 percent of Naples/Ft. Myers residents believe the concerns of wildlife, and not just people, need to be considered when planning for development and growth. Seventy-six percent of those polled added the natural environment is very important to the quality of their life.

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