A first step: The fight over the environment is front and center in Hillsborough County, where a conservative Republican commission majority has undertaken a crusade to weaken its own Environmental Protection Commission’s wetlands regulations and regulators. A compromise last year saved the wetlands division, but it is being studied and modified over the course of this year. You can let Hillsborough County commissioners know how you feel about altering wetlands protections by e-mail via an online form or by telephone at 813-272-5660.
Resources:
The Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission’s Wetlands Division.
This article appears in Feb 20-26, 2008.