A peaceful protest is taking place at Anastasia State Park to oppose the proposed development by the Department of Environmental Protection on Sunday at 10 a.m.
Get organized and transform your home with these Insider Deals– the DEP said they will reschedule the meetingsConceptual plans for Anastasia State Park “It is absolutely vital that we protect our environment, that we protect our State Park,” Sanders said. “This is our piece of Florida, that we all love, that we go to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, there’s an abundance of wildlife that we need to protect out there.”“This park means a lot,” Sanders said.
It means standing up and fighting the fight to keep our natural heritage to keep a little piece of Florida around. It’s when you go in there, it’s, it’s almost like you’re seeing what it was like before everything else was built.”“I think they should remain as they presently are! These State Parks are not entertainment and personal recreation areas. They were meant to be “protected” areas of wildlife and original natural habitat,” William McLeod said.
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