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By now, you have seen the proposal to develop a portion of Anastasia State Park with a 350-room “lodge,” pickleball and disc golf.

[Scroll for instructions on how to oppose this development.]

This development is part of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Great Outdoors Initiative across the State. It is a state plan, not a plan from any local government. One of 9 sites is Anastasia State Park, a park boasting 1,600 acres of unspoiled beaches, tidal marshes, maritime hammocks and ancient sand dunes.

Oh, and the Anastasia State Park is the home of the Anastasia Island Beach Mouse, a federally endangered mouse which can only be found on Anastasia Island. The reason that it is listed as endangered is “due to the loss of the habitat that it needs to survive”….Anastasia Island.

For comparative purposes, the Embassy Suites Hotel just north on A1A has about 200 rooms and looks like a monster. Imagine replacing the mouse’s habitat with this?

The announcement of this initiative was a surprise to St Johns County, the City of St Augustine and the City of St Augustine Beach.

The public meetings which were originally scheduled next week have been postponed due to the strong opposition that residents have already shown. Stay tuned to the St Augustine Record for reschedule dates – the link takes you to a free sign up, if you are not already a member.

The overview: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/FLDEP/bulletins/3afd277 

The plan for public participation: https://floridadep.gov/Parks/Public-Participation 

The specific plan for Anastasia State Park: https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/Anastasia%20UMP%20Amendment%202024%20%281%29.pdf 

Keep tabs on what is happening on The Save Anastasia Island Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430350737653331

If you do not want to see this development in Anastasia State Park, you need to act and act now! The link below is to the DEP survey asking for public input.

Please share your thoughts about this project sooner rather than later.

>>>>>Department of Environmental Protection Survey<<<<<

In addition to responding to the DEP survey, consider writing to our Federal and State Senators and Representatives:

Governor DeSantis: https://www.flgov.com/email-the-governor/
Senator Marco Rubio: https://www.rubio.senate.gov/contact/
Senator Rick Scott: https://www.rickscott.senate.gov/contact/contact
Congressman John Rutherford: https://rutherford.house.gov/EmailUS
Congressman Mike Waltz: https://waltz.house.gov/contact/
Florida State Senator Travis Hutson: hutson.travis.web@flsenate.gov
Florida State Representative Cyndi Stevenson: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/contactmember.aspx?MemberId=4620