Residents fight golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Martin County leaders, residents and environmentalists are scrambling to halt the development of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, which would include clearing huge swaths of native scrub habitat to build three golf courses.
“Runoff from the proposed golf courses would likely enter the Indian River Lagoon with potential impacts to our waterways and crucial species, including seagrasses and oysters, endangering the fragile coastal ecosystems we are fighting to protect,” the Florida Oceanographic Society wrote in a statement released Thursday.
