Help save one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and the estuary that combats red tide.
By signing this petition, You are helping to save Sarasota Bay and Gulf of Mexico.
Big Pass is a natural channel that is part of 1 of 28 ecosystems in the entire Country that Congress formally designated “an estuary of national significance” - Now endangered of being destroyed.
This estuary is crucial for water-quality and serves as a vital coastal habitat for countless wildlife. Many very unique plants & animal species rely on the estuary for primary sources of food, critical breeding and nesting grounds. The estuary with in Big Pass is enjoyed by kayakers, paddleboarders and where anglers can find some of the best fishing on the West Coast.
I will continue to fight for Big Pass preservation so the wildlife, residences and visitors can love this natural channel as much as I have for decades to come.
WE MUST PROTECT IT TOGETHER. The beach is merely where land meets water, worthless without a healthy ecosystem. PROTECT SEA LIFE.
We demand Sarasota City Manager, Tom Barwin and the Commissioners immediately abandon the proposed dredging of Big Sarasota Pass and Ebb Shoal off Siesta Key.
We demand seagrass is not damaged – We demand not spending $3,000,000.00 public funds to mitigating the Sea-grasses 16 miles to Manatee County. A LOCATION THAT IS OUTSIDE SARASOTA COUNTY AND DOESN’T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH SALINITY IN THE WATER OF THESE FISH TO SURVIVE.
We demand no damage to South Lido Public park. We demand $2,500,000.00 of public funds NOT needed for attempts to mitigate damages. Not dredging prevents such expenditures of public dollars for damages to public land.
SKEDF.org
Updates
December 28, 2018
The silence from the City Manager regarding the proposed dredging is unacceptable. Call the commissioners today and demand they stop this waste of public funds on a project that will destroy our seagrass.
December 28, 2018
The momentum behind this campaign is clear and our goal to stop the dredging is gaining real traction. Email your local representatives right now to demand they cancel the permit for Big Sarasota Pass. Post this link on Facebook to keep the pressure on the Commission.
Reached 100 supporters
December 28, 2018
62 Comments
Please do not allow these violations of the City of Sarasota and Sarasota County zoning ordinances and comptrhensive plans. There is a better plan than exposing the islands to 70 percent higher wave and destroying 2 acres of Sea Grass.
There should not have to be a petition to safe this.anybody with a 1/4 if a brain relies that without clean water,there is no flirida.
We need scientists to determine how best to protect the environment not real estate developers
I demand Sarasota City Manager, Tom Barwin and the Commissioners immediately abandon the proposed dredging of Big Sarasota Pass and Ebb Shoal off Siesta Key.
There is no reason to dredge Big Pass. There is plenty of sand in the New Pass shoal and offshore.
We've defeated the nature destroyer Beruff in the past, we must do it again. Please sign.
WE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE BIG PASS!!!
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Help save one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and the estuary that combats red tide.
By signing this petition, You are helping to save Sarasota Bay and Gulf of Mexico.
Big Pass is a natural channel that is part of 1 of 28 ecosystems in the entire Country that Congress formally designated “an estuary of national significance” - Now endangered of being destroyed.
This estuary is crucial for water-quality and serves as a vital coastal habitat for countless wildlife. Many very unique plants & animal species rely on the estuary for primary sources of food, critical breeding and nesting grounds. The estuary with in Big Pass is enjoyed by kayakers, paddleboarders and where anglers can find some of the best fishing on the West Coast.
I will continue to fight for Big Pass preservation so the wildlife, residences and visitors can love this natural channel as much as I have for decades to come.
WE MUST PROTECT IT TOGETHER. The beach is merely where land meets water, worthless without a healthy ecosystem. PROTECT SEA LIFE.
We demand Sarasota City Manager, Tom Barwin and the Commissioners immediately abandon the proposed dredging of Big Sarasota Pass and Ebb Shoal off Siesta Key.
We demand seagrass is not damaged – We demand not spending $3,000,000.00 public funds to mitigating the Sea-grasses 16 miles to Manatee County. A LOCATION THAT IS OUTSIDE SARASOTA COUNTY AND DOESN’T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH SALINITY IN THE WATER OF THESE FISH TO SURVIVE.
We demand no damage to South Lido Public park. We demand $2,500,000.00 of public funds NOT needed for attempts to mitigate damages. Not dredging prevents such expenditures of public dollars for damages to public land.
SKEDF.org
Updates
December 28, 2018
The silence from the City Manager regarding the proposed dredging is unacceptable. Call the commissioners today and demand they stop this waste of public funds on a project that will destroy our seagrass.
December 28, 2018
The momentum behind this campaign is clear and our goal to stop the dredging is gaining real traction. Email your local representatives right now to demand they cancel the permit for Big Sarasota Pass. Post this link on Facebook to keep the pressure on the Commission.
Reached 100 supporters
December 28, 2018
62 Comments
I’ve been vacationing at Siesta Key for 30 years. We haven’t come for the past couple of years due to all the red tide. Have a vacation scheduled for May 2020 and keeping our fingers crossed. Would feel much better if Floridians would elect officials who understand that tourism is THE major industry in Florida and the beaches need protected.
Please do not allow these violations of the City of Sarasota and Sarasota County zoning ordinances and comptrhensive plans. There is a better plan than exposing the islands to 70 percent higher wave and destroying 2 acres of Sea Grass.
There should not have to be a petition to safe this.anybody with a 1/4 if a brain relies that without clean water,there is no flirida.
We need scientists to determine how best to protect the environment not real estate developers
I demand Sarasota City Manager, Tom Barwin and the Commissioners immediately abandon the proposed dredging of Big Sarasota Pass and Ebb Shoal off Siesta Key.
There is no reason to dredge Big Pass. There is plenty of sand in the New Pass shoal and offshore.
We've defeated the nature destroyer Beruff in the past, we must do it again. Please sign.
WE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE BIG PASS!!!
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I’ve been vacationing at Siesta Key for 30 years. We haven’t come for the past couple of years due to all the red tide. Have a vacation scheduled for May 2020 and keeping our fingers crossed. Would feel much better if Floridians would elect officials who understand that tourism is THE major industry in Florida and the beaches need protected.