Developers Fight Over Harbor Committee Membership
Okaloosa County commissioners delayed forming a harbor oversight panel for Destin water quality. Vic Deal urged broad representation, while Commissioner Mike Mitchell signaled a small core committee and warned against excluding commercial interests. Deal, rival developers and harbor interests warned against single authority. Continued on Page 2B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Destin Harbor
Okaloosa County
Destin
Vic Deal
Mike Mitchell
Mitchell
Dean
County Commission
Commission
Bill Peebles Jr
Deal
Shirley Ransom
Coast Plan Seeks State Backing for Coastal Growth Rules
The Bureau of Land Management warns coastal development in Okaloosa Walton Santa Rosa and Escambia counties risks environmental harm as growth pressures rise. A draft plans a 37 member West Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee to craft a management plan guiding land use and public facilities, with the study area spanning 12 local governments and extending south of Walton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Bureau of Land Management
Okaloosa
Walton
Santa Rosa
Escambia
Doug Buck
Bureau
Department of Community Affairs
West Florida
DCA
West Florida Coast Resource Planning and Management Committee
Bob Graham
Walton County
Buck
Barrier Islands
Bob Hopkins
Barrier
Bill Peebles Jr
Okaloosa County
Hopkins
Bay-To-Gulf canal study hinges on funding and time
Walton County officials seek congressional funding to reopen the Peach Creek canal study by the Corps of Engineers. The project, dropped in 1981 for cost reasons, faces uncertain prospects amid fiscal year budgets and environmental hurdles, with local leaders urging action despite doubts it will materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanita Trippe
Walton County
Choctawhatchee Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Corps of Engineers
Larry Green
Corps’ Mobile
South Walton Project
Congress
Peach Creek
Hutto
Wilkerson
Knepper
Alton Calvin
Corps
Panama City
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W.H. Pyburn
Nashville, TN
Earl Hutto
Randy Knepper
Pat Wilkerson
Coun
Billy McLean
Shaun Jenne
Sherry Davis
Calhoun Park
Council
Garin
Apri
Beach Beach
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