Manatee County commissioners began the process of cutting local wetland protections and handing oversight to the state with a controversial vote last year.
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Off Longbar Pointe in Manatee County, the largest continuous track of mangrove growth stretches around Sarasota Bay, but a large portion of the protected tree species has been damaged by a developer and environmental organizations want them to be stopped.