COCOA BEACH, Florida — A revision of the 1994 North Thousand Islands Management Plan is being developed and the public is invited to review the plan and submit comments at a public hearing that is scheduled for January 31, 2013 at 4 p.m. at the Cocoa Beach City Hall located at 2 South Orlando Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
Among the stated goals in the proposed management plan include designation of certain sites for primitive camping or picnicking on the islands. Additionally, canoe/kayak and short nature trails may be designated.
The North Thousand Islands are located on the east coast of Florida in Brevard County within the City of Cocoa Beach. Located in the Banana River immediately west of the developed area of the City of Cocoa Beach, the North Thousand Islands includes an extensive area of mangrove islands, salt marsh and shallow open water vegetated by seagrass.
The State of Florida acquired the North Thousand Islands through the Land Acquisition Trust Fund in 1988. In 1991, the property was leased to the City of Cocoa Beach in 1991 to manage “for the conservation and protection of natural and historical resources and for resource based public outdoor recreation.”
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I've been camping there since 1965, so.
Keyword is designated. Perhaps that camping area is now off limits. Besides those are my islands. I claimed them when I camped by myself on one of them when I was 11 years old.
I've been camping there since the 1960's. Under the Pine Trees they want to rip out....
Designation = regulation. Before you know it, we will have to pay for parking stickers on our boats to stop on an island.
Eesh! Really? It isn't the 60's anymore!!! No one is suggesting a fine/payment. However, there are more folks here. Yes- designation = regulation... which also = preservation (of your pine, of keeping your space clean etc. etc. Think about a bigger picture than me, me, me....!!!
The first thing the bureaucrats had better do is remove all of the "No Trespassing" signs on these islands. Imagine, government calling the public who paid to preserve these lands - trespassers!We paid for these islands. If we can't use them, then sell them for development!Mark ClanceyCocoa Beach
More and more trash is left behind. Why is this not in the managment plan. It is much worse now...
I've been camping there since 1965, so.
Keyword is designated. Perhaps that camping area is now off limits. Besides those are my islands. I claimed them when I camped by myself on one of them when I was 11 years old.
I've been camping there since the 1960's. Under the Pine Trees they want to rip out....