Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 4:38:06 GMT -6
A proposal revamping how Florida manages state lands, including parks, is ready for a House vote. But Gov. Rick Scott’s bottom line approach to government and his Department of Environmental Protection secretary’s focus on making the park system self-sufficient is casting a long shadow on HB 1075.
Most environmental groups are withholding judgement and hoping to work with Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Lehigh, to further change the proposal, which cleared the State Affairs Committee Thursday on a unanimous vote.
The Florida Audubon, Conservancy of Southwest Florida and the Nature Conservancy say Caldwell has made wholesale changes to the proposal that created a prairie fire of protests last year when it was first introduced.
They all thanked Caldwell for incorporating some of their suggestions in his bill but say more work is needed.
Read more: www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/18/state-lands-bill-heads-house-floor/80572334/
Most environmental groups are withholding judgement and hoping to work with Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Lehigh, to further change the proposal, which cleared the State Affairs Committee Thursday on a unanimous vote.
The Florida Audubon, Conservancy of Southwest Florida and the Nature Conservancy say Caldwell has made wholesale changes to the proposal that created a prairie fire of protests last year when it was first introduced.
They all thanked Caldwell for incorporating some of their suggestions in his bill but say more work is needed.
Read more: www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/18/state-lands-bill-heads-house-floor/80572334/