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Email insights: DEP sets record straight on hunting, privatizing Florida State Parks

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Florida State Parks have come under fire recently, and the Department of Environmental Protection feels itā€™s time to ā€œset the record straight.ā€ A new DEP email takes exception with several recent media accounts, each inaccurately ā€œperpetuated misconceptionsā€ about the future of Florida State Parks. ā€œAs these stories are being driven by false allegations based on incomplete information that does not present a complete or accurate picture of the efforts of the Florida Department of Environmental Protectionā€™s Florida Park Service,ā€ the…

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DEP Secretary Jon Steverson should be easily confirmed by Senate Enviro Committee

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Rumor has it that a bus load of activists are headed to Tallahassee Wednesday to oppose SecretaryĀ Jon Steversonā€™s confirmation in his first of three stops in the Senate for Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Their main reason? To stop Steverson from lifting the ban on hunting in state parks. A noble goal, if they were not dead wrong. The thing is that hunting on lands in the Florida state parks system has been ongoing and legal for 25…

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Jack Latvala says “no way” to Honeymoon Island hunting

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Jack Latvala is saying “no way” to hunting at Honeymoon Island State Park. On Tuesday, the Clearwater Republican state senator sent a letter to Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Jon Steverson asking him to remove Pinellas County’s Honeymoon Island State Park from a list of potential locations for hunting. This week, Craig Pittman of the Tampa Bay Times reported that the DEP ā€“ to generate revenue ā€“ is considering permitting hunting at all 161 state parks in Florida.…

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Associated Industries of Florida to hold water forum today

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Associated Industries of Florida, the stateā€™s premier business lobby, will hold its sixth annual Florida Water Forum today. The forum begins 9 a.m. at the Renaissance Orlando at Sea World. ā€œThis meeting will provide participants with the most current information from Floridaā€™s policy leaders in the Legislature and state government on issues relating to water policy,ā€ according to a news release. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is scheduled as keynote speaker, with former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard, now…

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How Florida, Gulf Coast states will divide BP oil spill settlement

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Most of the $18.7 billion proposed settlement that BP reached over its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill would go to five Gulf Coast states, if the deal is approved by a judge. A portion of the settlement is not assigned to any particular state. Here’s how the state-specific money breaks down, with payments to states being made over nearly two decades: ALABAMA Alabama would receive $2.3 billion. Gov. Robert Bentley said the settlement would steer $1.3 billion for coastal…

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DEP and FWC respond to record BP settlement, applauds Gulf Coast recovery progress

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BP has agreed to pay a record $18.732 billion to resolve claims by five Gulf States of violating the Clean Water Act, harming natural resources, and other economic damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As a part of the agreement announced Thursday, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. The overall deal has BP on the hook for more than $3 billion above the $43.8 billion initially set aside for dealing with the worst offshore spill in U.S.…

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Florida, Gulf states reach $18.7B settlement with BP over oil spill

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Officials in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have announced an $18.7 billion settlement with BP that resolves years of litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Thursdayā€™s settlement announcement comes as a federal judge was preparing to rule on how much BP owed in federal Clean Water Act penalties after well over 125 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf. BP has said its spill-related costs already exceed $42 billion ā€“ even without the Clean Water Act…

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