State agencies are working on a statewide habitat conservation plan for beaches. It would protect threatened and endangered wildlife and may be the first of its kind in the nation. Shown here is Ormond Beach, Volusia County. Photo: Bruce Ritchie
Threatened and endangered coastal species besides just sea turtles could receive state permitting protection under legislation likely to be requested in 2015.
A state steering committee that was established in 2009 to develop an ambitious statewide Florida Beaches Habitat Conservation Plan said it will seek legislation even as federal approval of a plan to be proposed is sought in the coming year.
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