Public to discuss off-road vehicles in Big Cypress

Written by South Florida Sun Sentinel

Monday, September 21, 2009

David Fleshler

WESTON - A proposal to allow hunting and off-road vehicles in a vast expanse of Big Cypress National Preserve will be the subject of a public hearing Tuesday in Weston.

The National Park Service has proposed allowing these activities in the Addition Lands, which straddle Interstate 75 just west of the Broward County border, while declaring part of the lands as wilderness.

Many hunters oppose the wilderness designation, and many environmentalists say the plan would open up too much of Big Cypress to off-road vehicles.

The meeting will be 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center, 250 Racquet Club Road, Weston.

Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/weston/sfl-big-cypress-b092009,0,756742.story

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