HOBE SOUND A grassroots initiative to connect nearly 70,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat is gaining traction among Martin County officials and environmentalists who envision a bustling ecological corridor between two Florida state parks.
The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative, spearheaded by three environment nonprofits, is a multi-year project to acquire and conserve thousands of acres of land threated by between Jonathan Dickinson and Atlantic Ridge Preserve state parks.
Through purchasing patches of for-sale land located in an ecologically rich area, the group hopes to form a snaking expanse of lush natural space where animals such as bobcats, gopher tortoises and a vast array of birds can roam between parks.
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JUPITER ISLAND Former County Commissioner Anne Scott, who was once engrossed in an email scandal that cost Martin County millions, is attempting a comeback in public office, and is focused on what’s ahead of her, not behind.
The one-term county commissioner and six-year Jupiter Island town commissioner is challenging Mayor Whitney Pidot, for a two-year Town Commission seat in Tuesday s nonpartisan municipal election.
Jupiter Island has 711 registered voters.
Citing frustration with “heavy-handed” leadership of her town’s government, Scott is making her first bid for public office since losing her Martin County Commission seat by 20 percentage points five years ago.