MEDIA ADVISORY: Sept. 5, 2013

CONTACT: DEP Press Office, 850.245.2112, DEPNews@dep.state.fl.us

DEP AND FWC TO HOST WORKSHOP ON LIVING SHORELINES AND HATCHERIES

~Agencies meeting to discuss potential restoration approaches~

TALLAHASSEE –The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will host a workshop Sept. 19 at the Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Community Center in Pensacola. The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the proposed local restoration projects designed to address injury from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: two living shoreline projects and a new saltwater fish hatchery. 

The group will introduce two possible living shoreline projects proposed for the area.  Concepts for a new saltwater fish hatchery to enhance recreational fishing opportunities will also be presented.  A question and answer period will follow the presentation.   

For more information visit, www.deepwaterhorizonflorida.com; or contact Kendra Parson, Kendra.parson@dep.state.fl.us.   

The meeting will take place:

Thursday, Sept. 19

Sanders Beach-Corinne Jones Community Center

913 S I St.

Pensacola

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.  CST

About the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the state’s principal environmental agency, created to protect, conserve and manage Florida’s environment and natural resources. The Department enforces federal and state environmental laws, protects Florida’s air and water quality, cleans up pollution, regulates solid waste management, promotes pollution prevention and acquires environmentally-sensitive lands for preservation. The agency also maintains a statewide system of parks, trails and aquatic preserves. To view the Department’s website log on to www.dep.state.fl.us.

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