JoeZ

We're under a different region of the ACOE than Alabama.

They got Mobile and Mobile governs our land issues but not the water. For that we go to Jacksonville.

They traded us off years ago and we've been pretty screwed ever since.

On the expansion, Turpin was asked for an endagered species impact assesment. What will the expansion mean to this that and the other 1,000 endangered species that we have around here.

The good news and bad news is it could months or years to get it completed because it is the most complicated thing I've ever heard of. that means it could be al ong time before we have reasonable reef deployment distances but also a long time before we suffer unreasonable reef mandates (500 pounds and 1/4 inch steel).

Diverdan

It's not a problem with Escambia County, it's not a county thing at all. Just look at Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, walton, Bay... hell if the army corps and the dep would let it happen, there'd be reefs all over the panhandle. Look at where the reefs are and where they aren't, then look at where dep and army corps changes. THERES the problem right there. Look at what they have done to the other permits. They took away the county permits where the Delverence and the PeteTide are 10 years ago.

reefmaker

Hi, I've been reading your comments. I believe the Corps will approve a dock reef in Florida. In fact if you know someone building a dock, I will give you a dock reef free and help you with the permitting. David Walter, Reefmaker/EcoSystems.

JoeZ

Now that's a quality offer!

Wish I was building a dock.

Cobiacatcher

so R.Turpin is trying to get the lars area expanded up to a mile from the beach? that would be awsome to have a bunch of public reefs a mile from the beach, exp since gas prices are so high. some artifical reefs on the beach would be a great tourist attraction. if we had a buch of places off the beach to go snorkling and to teach new divers it would be a boost for the local economy. look how many people snorkle and dive on the old peir rubble on pensacola beach and navarre. not to mention how many juvinile snapper hang out around those shallow inshore spots.