Franklin County commissioners have
agreed to write a letter to the state expressing their general
opposition to property in Tate's Hell State Forest being leased to
private enterprise.
The issue was first raised in November
when two Carrabelle businessmen asked for county support to expand a
limerock mine on state forest property north of Carrabelle.
The county did not agree to write the
letter of support.
Now commissioners want it on record
that they oppose the idea of public land being leased to private
companies that would keep the public from using the land.
Commissioner Cheryl Sanders said most
of the State forest was purchased with public money from private
landowners and it was purchased for environmental protection and
public use.
Cheryl said the county strongly
supported the purchases at the time and she represented the county
commission before the governor and cabinet to voice that support.
She said the county can't now change to
support a business that would keep the public from the land.
The commission agreed unanimously.
The letter will be sent to the Governor
and Cabinet, the Department of Agriculture, and the Division of
Forestry.
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