Public meeting opening Wakulla: Thurs,Jan19th 7pm

[Squirrel Girl]

Divers are Ready to spend that money in Wakulla county!

I'd be prepared for more than the money argument. *Some* people are swayed by money. But it you're in charge of protecting a resource, and opening it up to the public might damage that resource, you probably don't care if they spend money in the county.

While the money argument is important, I'd stress how little damage cave divers do. How, on those rare occasions when damage occurs, we've gone after and prosecuted the guilty, PLUS restored the damage, and parks are open to far more serious threats from casual visitors.

We can enhance the visitor experience for boat riders and photographers. We can easily get on with swimmers. We can work with authorities to collect data regarding fossils, geology (and unlikely, archaeology). We have a good track record at other parks, eg. Wes Skiles Peacock Springs SP.

[Greenwood_60]

While the money argument is important, I'd stress how little damage cave divers do. How, on those rare occasions when damage occurs, we've gone after and prosecuted the guilty, PLUS restored the damage, and parks are open to far more serious threats from casual visitors.

It is easy to find graffiti in systems that are open to open water divers, and very hard to find in systems that are not. Based on Ginnie/Devil's, Peacock/OG, LR, Madison, Troy, Devil's Den, Blue Grotto, Paradise. In the cave/cavern diver only systems, there is none (or close to none). The OW sites are littered with it.

[Benderr]

Please, if you have not sent a letter in the past 3-4 months, please write again.


and, if possible, PLEASE attend the meeting and lend your support. This is as close as we have ever been to opening Wakulla to divers, but we need every seat filled so that we can show the decision-makers that we are serious about supporting the park if we are allowed access.

Public meeting opening Wakulla
Thurs, Jan 19, 2012
7:00pm (Eastern) until 10:00pm
Wakulla County Agriculture Extension Office
The Arena
84 Cedar Avenue
Crawfordville, Florida

[SuPrBuGmAn]

There's some road construction starting on Crawfordville Highway at 6:30PM today, north of The Arena. Please allow for more drive time from Tallahassee if you are taking this particular route, or take another route. Thanks

[derek]

If anyone from High Springs wants to carpool to the meeting send me a PM

[NorthWoodsDiver]

Stop by Bills shop or Dive outpost, I think they are both sending vehicles of people.

[Squirrel Girl]

I don't Twitter, but maybe somebody can update us tonight on how the meeting went? Here or on Facebook or both?

[tflaris]

I'm here now. It's a room full of people.


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.185265,-84.379092

[pink arrows]

I'm here now. It's a room full of people.

Wish I coulda made it. Give 'em hell boys : )

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[JamesK]

Good luck guys. Thanks.