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FWC requests comments about revised
management plans
May 7, 2007
Contact: Beth Scott, (850) 488-4676; (850) 251-3970 cell
Mary Scott Gilbert, (850) 410-5293; (850) 519-1540 cell
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) today requested public comment about revised
management plans for the Florida manatee, gopher tortoise and
Panama City crayfish and announced public workshops for each of
the three species’ draft plans.
The FWC released revised gopher tortoise and
Panama City crayfish management plans today; it released the
revised Florida manatee management plan last month.
"Floridians weighed in when we asked for
comments about the draft plans,” said Ken Haddad, FWC’s
executive director. "We are again asking people to let us know
what we can improve in our plans to manage the three species.”
The FWC also is hosting public workshops to
encourage comments on the plans.
The Panama City crayfish public workshop
is 6-8 p.m. (CDT) May 17 at the Panama City campus auditorium of
Florida State University, 4750 Collegiate Drive. For a copy of
the agenda, contact David Cook, FWC, 620 South Meridian St.,
Mail Station 2A, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 or call (850)
488-3831.
The Florida manatee public workshop is
6-9 p.m. (EDT) May 21 at the William M. Hollis Seminar Room in
the Thad Buckner Building, Florida Southern College, 111 Lake
Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland. For a copy of the agenda, contact
Carol Knox, FWC, 620 South Meridian St., Mail Station 6A,
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 or call (850) 922-4330.
The gopher tortoise public workshop is
6-9 p.m. (EDT) May 24 at the Paramount Plaza Hotel and
Conference Center, 2900 SW 13th St., Gainesville. For a copy of
the agenda, contact Dr. Brad Gruver, FWC, 620 South Meridian
St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 or call (850) 488-3831.
Anyone requiring special accommodations to
participate in the public workshops should advise the FWC at
least five days before the workshop by contacting Cindy Hoffman
at (850) 488-6411. If you are hearing- or speech-impaired,
contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1 (800)
955-8771 (TDD) or 1 (800) 955-8770 (voice).
This second official comment period ends June
14, when the Commission meets in Melbourne. Commissioners will
hear public comment at the June meeting and again at the
September meeting in St. Petersburg, but no formal action will
take place before the Sept. 12-14 meeting.
The revised management plans are available
online at MyFWC.com in the
"Quick Clicks" area. |
