Urgent: Rare invertebrates of pine rocklands habitat in Florida under siege

Friends:

Please make your voices heard over the "Coral Reef Commons" development by Ram Realty Services near Miami, Florida. Here is a press release concerning the lawsuit. Also, a federal judge issued a court order halting further bulldozing, but Ram is in violation of this order as we speak....

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/pine-rocklands-12-08-2017.php

I also wrote a blog post about this:

http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2017/12/losing-pine-rocklands.html

Thank you in advance for spreading the word.

Eric R. Eaton
author, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 December, 2017 - 7:18pm

Hi Eric

Thanks for bringing attention to this. Such important habitat should not become a Walmart.

Besides donating to http://savethepinerocklands.org), have you found any other constructive means of showing disapproval?

Thanks again for being vocal about this.

-Graham

… Graham Montgomery, 9 December, 2017 - 8:47pm

Other avenues

Thanks, Graham. I would say that you could contribute to the Center for Biological Diversity, too. They are one of the most alert and effective organizations for fighting specific circumstances like this. Also, if you live in Florida and can physically get yourself down to the site to put yourself in front of a bulldozer, then do it! If I could afford the airfare, I'd be there myself.

… Eric R. Eaton, 10 December, 2017 - 9:43am

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