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Pig Roast

Next Pig Roast Planning Meeting on Nov. 20, 2008 at 6 PM at the East Citrus Community Center.

The Pig Roast is our biggest fund raiser of the year… help make this one the best ever!   Additional details.


TOO FAR Christmas Party
December 12, 2008
at the Old World Restaurant
4 p.m.


RAFFLE TIME

Don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets. Just the right gift for the folks on your Christmas list who have everything!

Get them at our meetings or call TOO FAR at (352) 726-5004.

Raffle Prizes

First Prize: $250 Cash
Second Prize: $100 Publix Gift Card
Third Prize: $45 Outback Certificate
Fourth Prize: $25 Enrico’s Certificate

Tickets are $2 each or $5 for 3 tickets

Drawing Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the TOO FAR General Meeting. You need not be present to win.

REMEMBER: Get your tickets early and often! Get your relatives, friends and neighbors to buy tickets. We count on you to support our activities and thank you in advance for your generosity -- don’t ever give up!


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TOOFAR newsletter - November 2008
November 2008
TOOFAR
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A membership publication
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FWC Report Examines
Florida’s Next Half-Century

The FWC (Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) heard a sobering summary of a report being prepared describing what might happen in Florida’s environment by 2060, unless residents and leaders adopt smart growth strategies. The report, titled "Florida 2060: What’s at stake for wildlife?" is available on the FWC website. It notes, based on a report by 1000 Friends of Florida, that the state’s human population could double to 36 million, and millions of acres of important wildlife habitats could disappear beneath development, unless Florida adopts different growth patterns.

What does the future hold for Florida’s fish and wildlife? That’s up to all of us.


Other Meetings of Interest:

Citrus County Task Force
December 8, 2008

Lecanto Government Building
3600 West Sovereign Path
Room 166
Lecanto, FL 34461

Public input welcome at Citrus County Task Force meeting

Citrus County Task Force meetings are generally held on the 2nd Monday of the month from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  For information regarding future Citrus County Task force meeting dates, times and locations, call Josie Guillen, Administrative Assistant 2 at SWFWMD. You can reach Josie at (352) 796-7211 x4227 or email her with questions and concerns at: josie.guillen@swfwd.state.fl.us.

Let SWFWMD know you are concerned about our water. Get involved!


SWFWMD Governing Board
November 18 at 9 a.m. at:

Tampa Service Office
7601 US 301
Tampa, FL 33637
813-985-7481 OR 1-800-836-0797

All meetings are open to the public

Agenda and Meeting Information

District Headquarters
2379 Broad Street
Brooksville, FL 34604

Phone: (352) 796-7211

Additional Meeting Schedule:

Meeting - Brooksville ........................................ December 16, 2008
Joint Workshop of the Governing Board and Tampa Bay Water
- Tarpon Springs ............................................... January 26, 2009
Meeting - Tarpon Springs ................................ January 26-27, 2009
Meeting - Brooksville ....................................... February 24, 2009

Our Governing Board establishes policies for our 16-county area.

Withlacoochee River Basin Board
December 11, 2008 at 9 a.m.
Brooksville

Our eight Basin Boards provide guidance for local programs that are specific to the basins they protect.

Additional Meeting Schedule:

Hillsborough River - Tampa ............................. December 2, 2008
Alafia River - Tampa ........................................... December 9, 2008
Northwest Hillsborough - Tampa .................... December 9, 2008
Manasota - Sarasota .......................................... December 10, 2008
Pinellas-Anclote River - Gulfport ....................... December 10, 2008
Coastal Rivers - Brooksville .............................. December 11, 2008
Peace River - Bartow .......................................... December 12, 2008

Advisory committees:

Environmental - Tampa ...................................... December 8, 2008
Industrial - Tampa ............................................... January 6, 2009
Public Supply - Tampa ........................................ January 6, 2009
Well Drillers - Tampa ......................................... January 14, 2009
Green Industry - Tampa ..................................... February 26, 2009
Agricultural - Tampa ............................................ February 26, 2009

Advisory committees obtain input on District programs, projects and related resource management issues.


Citrus County Commissioners
December 9 & 23 at 1 p.m. at:

Citrus County Courthouse
110 North Apopka Avenue, Room 100
Inverness, FL 34450

Phone: (352) 341-6560

The regular Board meetings are now being held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm.

Citrus County Government meetings are broadcast LIVE on Channel 9 on Comcast Cable and Channel 622 on Bright House Cable.

Or view them on-line:
Minutes of the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners


Sumter County Commissioners
November 25, & December 23, at 5 p.m. at:

Colony Cottage Regional Recreation Center
510 Colony Boulevard
Parlor Room
The Villages, FL 32162

Phone: (352) 793-0200

December 9 at 5 p.m. at:

Government Annex
910 North Main Street
Room 142
Bushnell, FL 33513

Phone: (352) 793-0200

Meeting Schedule


New Links:

View photos of the Culverts installed at Flying Eagle!!!

SWFWMD

State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Rules that have been added or updated within the last 30 Days.

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Please Recycle!!
Bring your newspapers, and aluminum cans to the next TOOFAR General Meeting to be recycled. You will be helping the environment and supporting TOOFAR too!

Volunteers needed:
The cost of our newsletter is covered in part by local businesses who advertise with us. Ads are taken out for a year at a time. It is time to form a committee to gather ads for the next year. They must go to the printer in September. Can you help? For additional information contact the office at 726-5004 or by email: toofarinc@earthlink.net.

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Links:

City of Inverness

Citrus County Division of Aquatic Services website

Citrus County Chamber of Commerce website

Southwest Florida Water Management District website

Florida LAKEWATCH website

Environment Florida website

About Florida Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)

Senator Nancy Argenziano's website

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) website

Florida Department of Environmental Protection website

State of Florida website

Keep Citrus County Beautiful

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