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Florida resort must pay $110k and restore clear-cut mangroves, in one of state's largest penalties

Florida issues a $110,000 fine and orders a resort to restore the protected mangroves that were destroyed last spring. Rhode Islander Michael Mota was questioned as the owner's representative; the fine is about a third what Mota and his business partner were paid as advisors to the resort. Mota had blamed the damage on on a tornado the National Weather Service said did not exist. ....

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DEP issues final order to punish Port St. Lucie resort for destroying mangrove forest

PORT ST. LUCIE Sandpiper Bay Resort has five months to restore a mangrove forest it destroyed to create a beach and unobstructed view of the St. Lucie River, according to a state order effective Jan. 8. The Department of Environmental Protection has ordered the resort to:Pay to plant 2,780 red, black and white mangrove seedlings and trees in between what's left of the estimated 944 trees it cut to nubs by June 24. The restoration project cost is undetermined, but "it's not gonna be a cheap ....

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