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Alligator Alley May Be Opened To Hunters & ATV's
cbs4 ^
| Jul 11, 2009
Posted on 07/11/2009 12:38:44 PM PDT by Brother Cracker
Federal officials may open a large area of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley for hunting and off-road vehicles. According to the Associated Press, the National Park Service has proposed establishing over 85,000 acres of wilderness cut by corridors to allow hunters to access remote areas on swamp buggies and ATV's.
An environmental review that was attached to the new proposal said the new plan would have a moderately adverse impact on the endangered Florida panther population in the area. The Florida panther typically avoids areas with people.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: florida; hunting
Alligator Alley is a 78 mile section of Interstate 75 in South Florida connecting the southwestern and southeastern coastal areas of Florida. It was originally constructed during the late 1960s as a two-lane, controlled access toll road and was known in the original bond documents as “Everglades Parkway.” During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) completed construction of the Interstate 75 corridor on the west coast between Tampa and Naples. From 1986 to 1992, Alligator Alley was also widened to four-lanes and made a limited-access, tolled, interstate facility (I-75), now part of the Florida Intrastate Highway System (FIHS).
To: Brother Cracker
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posted on
07/11/2009 12:41:17 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Brother Cracker
The new plan would have a moderately adverse impact on the endangered Florida panther population in the area.What will be the impact on the Skunk Ape population?
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posted on
07/11/2009 12:47:04 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: Brother Cracker
“The Florida panther typically avoids areas with people.”
Typically, but I have one across the road and I aint far enough out away from the boneheads.
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posted on
07/11/2009 12:51:10 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Brother Cracker
Ut oh, when did they close it to hunting? I might be in some deep kimchee...
5.56mm
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posted on
07/11/2009 12:59:13 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
To: Brother Cracker
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posted on
07/11/2009 1:00:04 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
To: Brother Cracker
MMMMMMMM Fried Alligator......
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posted on
07/11/2009 1:00:45 PM PDT
by
jakerobins
( NO)
To: jakerobins
Would love to have a stuffed panther in my den.
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posted on
07/11/2009 1:06:33 PM PDT
by
AUH2O Repub
(Palin/Hunter 2012)
To: Daffynition
LOL! Lottsa roadside attractions in Florida.
To: Daffynition
LOL! Lottsa roadside attractions in Florida.
To: Brother Cracker
You betcha! But alligator alley is an motoring adventure!
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posted on
07/11/2009 1:13:01 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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