"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:22:27 -0800 (PST), Tim
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On Feb 23, 10:00 am, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:47:35 -0800 (PST), Tim
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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/...speed-zones-go...

Looks like they're getting their own speed zone, now...

They have had their own speed zones in Lee County for over a
decade.http://myfwc.com/docs/WildlifeHabita...tee_leeMPZ.pdf
Vast areas are slow speed, either all year or seasonal.
The speed limit around the 10,000 islands was 20. Now it is slow
speed. I assume that is all year.

I figured that was in order. I'm wondering though at that slow of a
speed wihen the battle wagons come though there, at such slow speed
they plow deep. I supppose the next thing will be that prop guards
will be made manditory.

The ones that get prop scarred are the lucky ones. The ones that die
are usually the ones who can't get deep enough to avoid the blunt
force trauma of a keel hit or taking an outboard leg in the side.
If you see a prop scar, it is usually an inboard.

The more they looked at these things the more they figured out are
around so the current thought is they should probably be de-listed if
you used any rational logic in determining what should be protected
but there has never been much logic in manatee or panther protection.
Both are far from endangered if you use the ESA rules. In fact there
is no such thing as the Florida Panther in the strict sense. They are
hybrids, cross bred with Texas cats.

When I told my wife about this she just asked "who is going to enforce
this"?
They better bring a helicopter if they are going to try to catch one
of those Everglades City boys going through the mangroves.



The manatees are listed as endangered by the ESA. There are thought to be
fewer than 2000. Even if they weren't, why not protect them, since they
can't outrun the boats or dive deep enough. Does it really threaten your
"freedom" to slow down and look where you're going? (Not you
specifically....)

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Nom=de=Plume

They're a non-native species and they pollute the waters. Let's send them
home.