Tag: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Coral Creek convergence newest acquisition for CHPSP

July 6, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
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■ STAFF REPORT The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announces the permanent protection of the 55.7-acre Coral Creek Peninsula as an addition to the Charlotte Harbor Preserve State...

Little information available about $1 million that would have gone to Gasparilla Island State Park

July 3, 2015
Boca Beacon
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BY JACK SHORT An item stricken from the 2015-2016 Florida budget that would have sent $1 million to the Gasparilla Island State Park contained little information about how the money would have...

Fallout from Scott’s veto pen hits Gasparilla Island

June 26, 2015
Boca Beacon
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BY JACK SHORT Among the record setting number of items, worth a combined $461 million, that fell to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s veto pen, was a large appropriation for Gasparilla Island State...

Want to experience the estuaries up close?

June 26, 2015
Boca Beacon
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BY JACK SHORT Sometimes, to understand something, you have to be willing to dive right in.The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is hoping that bringing people into close contact...