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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Letter to US Army Corps of Engineers
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Colonel Byron Jorns
US Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District
PO Box 2288
Mobile AL 36628-0001
RE: Scope of Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint (ACF) River System Water Control Manual (WCM) Environmental Impact Study (EIS) Dear Colonel Jorns: The update of the ACF Water Control Manual allows the Corps to take a giant step forward in equitable effective basinwide watershed management. We hope these comments will assist in accomplishing that.
The Apalachicola Basin is a distinctive, highly productive and bio-diverse area of North America. Within its boundaries are:
• Highly productive farmlands and springs of Jackson and Gadsden counties.
• Vast pine and floodplain forests of Calhoun, Liberty, Franklin and Gulf counties.
• Coastal estuaries and Gulf waters of Franklin and Gulf counties, which team with commercially harvested oysters, crab, mullet, shrimp, scallops, grouper, snapper and many other seafood delicacies harvested by the tons.
• Harvest representing over 10% of the national oyster and 90% of the State of Florida oyster production comes from Apalachicola Bay.
Additionally, harvest from the River and Bay of shrimp, finfish, blue crab, crawfish, and eel are commercially important on a national and regional scale. It should also be recognized that the contributions of the Apalachicola estuary to the commercial seafood harvest is significant as one of the most productive bays remaining on the Gulf of Mexico.
Regionally and nationally significant recreational activities (i.e., fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreation activities are part of the social, cultural and economic pursuits in the Apalachicola River and Bay watershed). The combinations of this unique natural environmental, cultural and economically important area are of national, regional, and local significance. A thorough and comprehensive assessment of impacts to this area from the alternative proposed actions should be accomplished in order to assure these functions and natural services provided within the Apalachicola Basin are sustained.
Colonel Byron Jorns
US Army Corps of Engineers - Mobile District
PO Box 2288
Mobile AL 36628-0001
RE: Scope of Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint (ACF) River System Water Control Manual (WCM) Environmental Impact Study (EIS) Dear Colonel Jorns: The update of the ACF Water Control Manual allows the Corps to take a giant step forward in equitable effective basinwide watershed management. We hope these comments will assist in accomplishing that.
The Apalachicola Basin is a distinctive, highly productive and bio-diverse area of North America. Within its boundaries are:
• Highly productive farmlands and springs of Jackson and Gadsden counties.
• Vast pine and floodplain forests of Calhoun, Liberty, Franklin and Gulf counties.
• Coastal estuaries and Gulf waters of Franklin and Gulf counties, which team with commercially harvested oysters, crab, mullet, shrimp, scallops, grouper, snapper and many other seafood delicacies harvested by the tons.
• Harvest representing over 10% of the national oyster and 90% of the State of Florida oyster production comes from Apalachicola Bay.
Additionally, harvest from the River and Bay of shrimp, finfish, blue crab, crawfish, and eel are commercially important on a national and regional scale. It should also be recognized that the contributions of the Apalachicola estuary to the commercial seafood harvest is significant as one of the most productive bays remaining on the Gulf of Mexico.
Regionally and nationally significant recreational activities (i.e., fishing, hunting and other outdoor recreation activities are part of the social, cultural and economic pursuits in the Apalachicola River and Bay watershed). The combinations of this unique natural environmental, cultural and economically important area are of national, regional, and local significance. A thorough and comprehensive assessment of impacts to this area from the alternative proposed actions should be accomplished in order to assure these functions and natural services provided within the Apalachicola Basin are sustained.
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