Help Keep the Roads at Viera Open

[Ira Runyan]

In December of 2012, Brevard County closed 50% of the roads in the Viera Wetlands. that meant that Cell 4, Cell 3, and the western & southern sections of Cell 1 could not be seen by citizens, unless they can walk that distance. Your voicing your concerns about these closures has helped to temporarily get the roads open part of the time. We still need your help to insure that the roads in the Viera Wetlands can remain open.

This is what you can do to help.......

As a individual, little can be done, but if enough people as a group
voice their concerns over this closure, I'm sure a solution could be
found. I would suggest the following.......

1. Contact the Friends of the Viera Wetlands.
They have a blog, but only members can post on it! So go to the
Facebook page for The friends of the Viera Wetlands and post your
concerns/solutions there. www.facebook.com/VieraWetlands?fref=ts

2. The department responsible for this decision to close the roads is:

Raleigh Berry, Environmental Land Manager
Brevard County Natural Resources Management Office
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Viera, FL 32940
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

3.
This closure should be of special concern to the Brevard County
Business community and citizens of Brevard because of it's economic
impact on the local community. The Viera Wetlands is known all over the
United States and world wide for that matter as a must see vacation
destination to watch and photograph wildlife, especially birds. The
County says that 135,000 vehicles (11,250/month) visit the
Viera Wetlands each year, and those visitors spend a lot of money at our
local businesses.

Business owners of Motels, Restaurants, and Shops who may loose revenue because of this closure need to voice your concern.

4.
For those interested in contacting the politicians about this matter,
the E-mail addresses for the Brevard County Commissioners can be found
at www.brevardcounty.us/CountyCommission

The county commissioner for the Viera area is Robin Fisher www.brevardcounty.us/CountyCommission/Commissioners/District1/Home

5.
An unintentional result of this road closure is that the Handicapped,
the Elderly, and the Medically Challenged have been denied access to the
closed parts of the Viera Wetlands. Contact organizations representing
these people and see if they can help in voicing the concerns of these
citizens.

6. Contact everybody you can (photographers,bird
watchers,environmental organizations, newspapers, TV stations, Etc.) to
spread the word. This problem will not be solved unless the people voice
their concerns over this closure.

7. There is one other
thing we all can do to help keep the Viera Wetlands roads open. That is
to donate funds to help raise the money needed to fix and maintain the
road repairs. A small donation from all that enjoy the Viera Wetlands
can easily fund the needed repairs.

So how do we donate for these road repairs? As it turns out that is easy to do.... See Please Donate To The Viera Wetlands Roads Project on this forum.

Lets Get Rid Of This County Sign !!