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Brevard commissioners urged to restore EEL bond funding; selection committee reconstituted
Summary
Conservation advocates urged the Board of County Commissioners to expand bond funding for the county's Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) program; commissioners heard a presentation on the program's history and process and later appointed members and alternates to the EEL Selection and Management Committee.
Conservation advocates told the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners on March 11 that the county should revive funding to expand its Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) program and re‑establish an active acquisition pipeline. The board also completed a formal committee appointment process and named new members and alternates to the EEL Selection and Management Committee (SMC).
Vince Liam of the Brevard Indian River Lagoon Coalition reviewed the program’s history and urged commissioners to authorize higher bond levels so the county can again make meaningful purchases. Liam said Brevard’s earlier EEL program (1990–2009) established about 28,000 acres of sanctuaries and that a…
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