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r <br />GW BBEAN <br />CONSERVATION <br />C O R P O R A T 1 O N <br />November 2,1998 <br />Mr. Jeff Tabor <br />Coastal Engineer <br />Indian River County <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Dear Mr. Tabor. <br />BOOK 103 PAGE 488 <br />R <br />E C E 0 V E <br />NOV 06 Moog <br />PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. <br />I am writing on behalf of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation and its Sea <br />Turtle Survival League program to thank you for taking the time to meet with myself and <br />David Arnold of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to discuss options <br />for ensuring the protection of sea turtle nesting habitat in Indian River County. <br />Based on our meeting, I am optimistic that legal challenges and litigation <br />regarding certain coastal armoring projects in the county can be temporarily tabled while <br />a wholistic plan for ensuring the long -tern protection of nesting beaches in Indian River <br />County is explored. In the meantime, I look forward to hearing back from you on whether <br />the county is willing to develop a Habitat Conservation Plan outlining mitigation actions <br />that will be implemented in the county to offset damages caused by current and future <br />coastal armoring projects that threaten the survival federally protected marine turtles. <br />As I expressed in our meeting, CCC and its Sea Turtle Survival League will be <br />willing to assist the county in identifying appropriate mitigatory actions and in <br />developing a plan that can provide Indian River County with an "Incidental Take Permit," <br />thereby protecting the county from a federal lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act <br />for any "take" of sea turtles resulting from the construction of emergency coastal <br />armoring. <br />Sincerely, <br />.�� <br />Aa -r' <br />David Godfrey <br />Executive Director <br />cc: David Guest, Esq., Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund <br />Kirby Green, Florida Department of Environmental Protection <br />David Arnold, FDEP, Office of Protected Species <br />Sandy McPherson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />4424 N.W. 13th St., Suite A-1, Gainesville, FL 32609 Apartado Postal 246-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica <br />(352) 373-6441 Fax: (352) 375-2449 ccc@cccturtle.org (506) 22492-15 Fax: (506) 225-75-16 baulas@sol.racsa.cO.Gr <br />http-://www.cccturtle.org <br />is <br />• <br />MARCH 2, 1999 <br />-34- <br />n <br />U <br />