STOP the destruction of Indian River Lagoon seagrass, mangroves and fish and manatee habitat at Oslo Road.
The Issue
We love our Indian River Lagoon!
It’s an extraordinarily beautiful place on Florida’s coast where more than 4,000 species of wildlife and plants create the most diverse estuary in all of North America. Gentle manatees graze in the shallow waters (more than 1/3 of America’s imperiled manatees use the lagoon) … dolphins feed here, delighting wildlife watchers … the lagoon supports hundreds of species of birds … and its seagrasses and mangroves sustain populations of sought-after sportfish including red drum, spotted seatrout, tarpon and snook (in fact many world fishing records have been set here).
If this sounds like a wild wonderland to you, we hope you’ll join us in signing this petition today to protect a very special part of it.
We need YOUR help!
The Boat Ramp at Oslo Road in Vero Beach is home to thriving seagrass, healthy mangroves, a large population of visiting manatees, a federally-protected shellfish bed, and what renowned fish biologist Dr. Grant Gilmore calls a “fishery gold mine” – one of the most important nursery and spawning sites for sportfish in all of Florida.
If plans go forward for Indian River County to dredge, fill and pave here to expand a boat ramp, all this life will be damaged or destroyed. Scores of scientists, government agency staff, conservationists and fishermen have come out strongly against this project, including the Coastal Conservation Association, Save the Manatee Club, Pelican Island Audubon Society, Marine Resources Council, Indian Riverkeeper, Anglers for Conservation, Dr. Grant Gilmore, Dr. Ken Lindeman and more.
The boating and fishing community is happy with the existing ramp, which was upgraded 5 years ago. And no one – except our commissioners – wants to put this richly productive jewel in the lagoon’s crown at risk. The State of Florida declined to fund the Oslo Road Project, but the county is now threatening to use $1 million in local tax dollars to destroy this fragile habitat – we need to act now to stop them.
We really hope you’ll sign our petition today to help protect this incredibly beautiful and special place!
Thank you :~)
PS: To learn more, please visit http://www.pelicanislandaudubon.org/
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The Issue
We love our Indian River Lagoon!
It’s an extraordinarily beautiful place on Florida’s coast where more than 4,000 species of wildlife and plants create the most diverse estuary in all of North America. Gentle manatees graze in the shallow waters (more than 1/3 of America’s imperiled manatees use the lagoon) … dolphins feed here, delighting wildlife watchers … the lagoon supports hundreds of species of birds … and its seagrasses and mangroves sustain populations of sought-after sportfish including red drum, spotted seatrout, tarpon and snook (in fact many world fishing records have been set here).
If this sounds like a wild wonderland to you, we hope you’ll join us in signing this petition today to protect a very special part of it.
We need YOUR help!
The Boat Ramp at Oslo Road in Vero Beach is home to thriving seagrass, healthy mangroves, a large population of visiting manatees, a federally-protected shellfish bed, and what renowned fish biologist Dr. Grant Gilmore calls a “fishery gold mine” – one of the most important nursery and spawning sites for sportfish in all of Florida.
If plans go forward for Indian River County to dredge, fill and pave here to expand a boat ramp, all this life will be damaged or destroyed. Scores of scientists, government agency staff, conservationists and fishermen have come out strongly against this project, including the Coastal Conservation Association, Save the Manatee Club, Pelican Island Audubon Society, Marine Resources Council, Indian Riverkeeper, Anglers for Conservation, Dr. Grant Gilmore, Dr. Ken Lindeman and more.
The boating and fishing community is happy with the existing ramp, which was upgraded 5 years ago. And no one – except our commissioners – wants to put this richly productive jewel in the lagoon’s crown at risk. The State of Florida declined to fund the Oslo Road Project, but the county is now threatening to use $1 million in local tax dollars to destroy this fragile habitat – we need to act now to stop them.
We really hope you’ll sign our petition today to help protect this incredibly beautiful and special place!
Thank you :~)
PS: To learn more, please visit http://www.pelicanislandaudubon.org/
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Petition created on 9 September 2014