Resolution 2001-194
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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-lli.
A RESOLUTION URGING THE REEVALUATION OF THE ENDANGERMENT OF THE
MANATEE
Whereas. the save the Manatee Club. et ai, filed a suit against the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for allegedly failing to protect the
manatee. The suit was settled in negotiation on January 4, 2001 by adoption of
agreements that ignore the rights of waterfront property owners, the boating public, and
the economic impact on the State of Florida; and
Whereas, on January 6, 2001 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission staff conducted a survey of the manatee population that revealed a forty-
seven percent increase in sightings in one year; and
Whereas, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is now settling
a parallel suit by the Save the Manatee Club, et ai, without adequate consideration of the
economic or social impact; and
Whereas, these developments impact the rights and welfare of the citizens of
this County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,fully supports urging the Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to reevaluate the endangerment of the
manatee and to reconsider a settlement with the plaintiffs.
_: T~~~,R.~~olution Approved and Duly Executed this ~a.tf} day of (V\ aj-' 2001.
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