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Article: Thousands Petition Florida Department of Transportation for Black Bear Protection
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- U.S. Newswire
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- February 23, 1995
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TALAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Habitat for Bears
Campaign today presented almost 7,500 signatures to Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Ben Watt from citizens
across the state who support FDOT's recent construction of a highway
underpass for black bears and are calling for avoiding new road
construction to prevent further reductions in black bear habitat.
At a hearing of the FDOT Commission today, Christine Small of the
Habitat for Bears Campaign stressed that improved transportation
planning and the construction of additional wildlife underpasses
enjoys significant public support.
Small, Habitat for Bears' senior field coordinator, today
recommended at ...