Orlando airport seeks to break promise to protect a lake 'forever' as critics fear a development ploy
Orlando’s airport is trying to nullify protections for a large expanse of environmentally sensitive land its managers long ago promised to safeguard “forever.” The 1,100-acre tract that includes Mud Lake and wetlands is tightly surrounded by high profile and surging development. Airport officials claim its ecoystem value has been degraded, that it poses a risk to aircraft and that federal ...