Franklin County Commissioners have
given their approval to allow the Apalachicola National Estuarine
Research Reserve to mow along the right of ways in a 77 acre section
of public land on St. George Island.
The property is known as East Hole;
it's on the bay side of the island just east of the St. George Island
bridge.
The land is popular with bird-watchers
and is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail.
It also provides some access to the bay
and even has a small camp site in it.
The property is owned by the state but
the roads that criss-cross the land are owned by Franklin County.
The Research Reserve said at some point
they hope to do a controlled burn on the property to reduce the
chances of a wildfire and the mowing would be thee first step in
prepping the site.
The last time the property was
fire-treated was in 1999 so it is really grown over.
At this time the reserve just wants to
clear out the growth along the roads, and said they will continue to
work on a controlled burn plan.
They have to be careful with any
burning on the site because a number of homes neighbor the property.
They said that all neighboring
homeowners will be notified before any controlled burning takes
place.
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