As part of the development march eastward, a proposed Eastern Collier “Habitat Conservation Plan” is being considered that would permit more than 45,000 acres of rural lands to be destroyed – including lands relied on by endangered wildlife species.
Tell the US Fish and Wildlife Service to DENY THE HCP. The proposed plan doesn’t protect our water, land, wildlife, or future.
Submit your comments to Docket #FWS–R4–ES–2018–0079 at https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=FWS-R4-ES-2018-0079-0001
Nine Collier County landowners, including Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Aliese Priddy, have applied to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services for an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for the impact caused to over fifteen endangered species from the proposed development of 53,000 acres with residential & commercial development, mining and oil drilling. 107,000 acres have been offered by these landowners to be placed under conservation – but this acreage is already under local and state protections as preserved land. Worse still, activities such as oil drilling and exploration will be allowed in this conservation area, devaluing the land ecologically for the approximately 100 panthers remaining in the wild. *(More on Panther Population Estimates found here)
The Florida Panther, our official state animal and one of the most endangered mammals on Earth, calls this land home. The panther and other protected species need YOU to be their voice and submit a public comment to the US FWS to REJECT the Habitat Conservation Plan.
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