Tourism is virtually the only industry. Islanders fear the government will interfere with the continued building of restaurants, roads and resorts. But the Endangered Species Act gives the government fairly broad power over land designated critical to a species' habitat. And property values tend to drop near critical habitat, the wildlife service acknowledges. On the Florida tourist mecca Marco Island, residents have written 4,000 letters imploring the government to change its mind.
People come here to enjoy the flora and the fauna.
If they think we're going to destroy that, they're crazy. The Macon Telegraph. The information you receive online from The Macon Telegraph is protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting or repurposing of any copyright-protected material.