Big Cypress
Press Release
Preserve Holding Meeting on Addition
Lands Management Plan in Broward
County
Tuesday, September 22 from
4:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the
Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center
250 Racquet Club Road
Weston, Florida 33326
The National Park Service (NPS) will hold a public meeting
in Broward County on the Big Cypress National Preserve
Addition Lands Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness
Study/Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan/Environmental Impact
Statement (Draft GMP/WS/ORV Plan/EIS)
"We have decided to hold an additional meeting in Broward
County due to the high level of interest we have
experienced in the draft document." said Pedro Ramos,
superintendent of the Preserve. The NPS wants to ensure the
public has the opportunity to participate and this fourth
and final meeting in South Florida assures that commitment
is met.
The meeting will include a formal public hearing to take
public comment on the lands being considered for wilderness
proposal as part of the general management plan, in
accordance with the requirements of the Wilderness Act and
federal regulations. Maps of the GMP alternatives and
wilderness proposals are included in the plan and will be
available for review at the public meetings. Members of the
public who wish to provide testimony will be given an
opportunity to speak.
The public comment period for the Draft GMP/WS/ORV Plan/EIS
remains open until September 30, 2009. There are numerous
ways for the public to provide their comments on this
important phase of the planning process, including:
submitting comments online by going to:
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?parkId=352&projectId=11164
sending comments through the mail to -
Big Cypress National Preserve
Planning Team, P.O. Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
or providing comments at the public meeting