Based on information in the letter, and public protest, the County Commission rejected the lease. Another example from just north of Fort Myers is the 4,500-acre Scrub-Jay Reserve in Charlotte County.

The land hosts a gopher tortoise and is located within an active Florida Scrub-jay habitat ... south Sarasota County and Charlotte County. Donations can be made via GoFundMe, Venmo, PayPal ...

A project to develop 653 acres in northwest Charlotte County into single- and multifamily homes ... and 61.21 acres were set aside for scrub jay and gopher tortoise habitat to be preserved in ...

The proposed annexation by the city of North Port would not result in an increase of density but it would firm up source of water and sewer service ...

The annexation will not alter the approved development density or land use map zoning ... or 67.9 acres owned by Sarasota County and earmarked as Florida Scrub-Jay habitat. That habitat also ...

so too does the scrub jay. About 10 years ago, Charlotte County, which is south of Sarasota, came up with a scrub jay habitat conservation plan. SK: Why did they do that and what does that plan do? EB ...

A Charlotte County landowner filed the lawsuit after refusing to pay a fee for building in scrub jay habitat. It claims the Endangered Species Act cannot protect any species found only in one state ...

Charlotte County developed its scrub jay habitat conservation plan in 2014 to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act. The county’s habitat conservation plan doesn’t prevent people from ...