Salazar Unveils Proposed Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge & Conservation Area

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"As part of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today formally proposed the establishment of a new national wildlife refuge and conservation area in the Kissimmee River Valley, south of Orlando, Fla., to preserve one of the last remaining grassland and longleaf pine savanna landscapes in eastern North America.

Building on the conservation work of private landowners, state and federal conservation agencies, conservation groups, and the public, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal is a strong example of how conservation partners are working to preserve the area’s rich ranching heritage and way of life, while protecting the headwaters of the Everglades in the Kissimmee River Basin and connecting valuable habitats benefiting the area’s rich fish and wildlife resources.

“We established the America’s Great Outdoors initiative to help support the efforts of local communities, private landowners and other key stakeholders to protect working lands and signature landscapes like the northern Everglades,” Secretary Salazar said. “This initiative honors the stewardship of generations of Florida cattle ranchers and other landowners who understood that we all have a stake in preserving the health of our land, water, and wildlife. This proposal, which will continue to be shaped by the local communities and landowners, will help protect both the ranching traditions in the area and the wildlife that call this area home. The establishment of this refuge promotes one of our key Everglades restoration goals, which is to restore habitat and protect species.”

http://southeastagnet.com/2011/09/07/salazar-unveils-proposed-everglades-headwaters-national-wildlife-refuge-conservation-area/



New federal plan a boon for Everglades

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/07/2395111/new-federal-plan-a-boon-for-everglades.html

Federal officials unveiled final details of a plan to create a new wildlife refuge and conservation area that would preserve open land north of Lake Okeechobee and help water flow to the Everglades.

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1. "Screw that conservation shit" - So-called conservatives (R)

'Drill baby drill - profits to be made - screw the natural world and all you little people"

- Republicon Fat Cats

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2. So what took so long?

Yesterday Napolitano announced adding some common sense to TSA procedures, today the Sec. of the Interior is protecting the interior - why did they have to wait 2+ years to do it?

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3. Bureaucracy and various other events that tend to take precedent.

I got to wonder---do you guys believe everything can get done within a few minutes of a day. The world doesn't change in an hour. It takes a while. Sometimes longer than we'd like. I'm just happy something is done versus....wondering at the why it took so long. Shit, most people don't even know about this or care...and others will NEVER know. For you it took too long, for others---they'll wake up tomorrow more worried about what sauce to put on their hotdog.