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As corps works to fix Glades, it approves golf course in it
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Last Edited | CBlock941 May 18, 2007 12:41pm |
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News Date | Friday, May 18, 2007 06:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A controversial golf-course development that will wipe out more than 650 acres of wetlands in the western Everglades has been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The proposed Mirasol development in Collier County has been criticized by officials in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency who have expressed concerns over water pollution and the loss of wildlife habitat.
The top wood stork expert at the nearby Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary says development in that area could devastate the population of the endangered wading bird.
But the corps, which issues federal dredge-and-fill permits under the Clean Water Act, sent a letter last week announcing it would approve Mirasol anyway. |
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