PSL mangrove cutting case: Sandpiper Resort owners respond to DEP punishment
Sandpiper Resort owners cut 1,000 feet of mangroves. See their response to DEP punishment
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Sandpiper Resort owners cut 1,000 feet of mangroves. See their response to DEP punishment
"They need to make restitution. They didn't just kill mangroves. They killed crab, shrimp, snapper and grouper,” angler said of destroyed honey hole.
The resort reportedly told DEP a tornado ripped the 944 mangroves out of the ground. The National Weather Service told TCPalm there was no tornado.
According to the letter from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than 17,000 square feet of mangroves were chopped down without permits.
The FDEP says they have launched an active and ongoing investigation after a Treasure Coast resident reported to them that protected mangrove trees were cut down.