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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Anybody can cut down any tree IF you get the proper permit(s).
And for a developer to cut down healthy trees in Florida means providing extensive "compensation"...which is almost always planting additional trees (on an inch-per-inch basis, not one-for-one), contributing to a tree bank fund, making other on-site environment improvements, and other such things.
Development and maintenance of TV is not simply decimating central Florida.
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The same is true for "wetlands." There are times when a developer needs to fill in a minor wetland to make the property appropriate for development. The developer then "mitigates" the damage by establishing another wetland nearby. This is closely regulated and overseen by the government.
I wonder if the poster who spoke of the Morse family as "decimating central Florida" has ever taken a drive up Highway 42 into the magnificent and extensive Ocala National Forest. This 607 square mile forest contains over 600 lakes and ponds, and receives more visitors than any other national forest in Florida.
A visit there will dispel any thoughts that the Morse family is in a position to damage the central Florida ecosystem.