Frances Dunham This is Me

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1. 1. News | PensacolaNewsJournal.com

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   Published on: 2/17/2003   Last Visited: 2/17/2003

   "It's a big step in the right direction," said Frances Dunham of the Santa Rosa Sound Coalition, an environmental advocacy group. "If they consider this Step 1, and there's going to be more steps, that will be a wonderful result for the community."
   
   Despite the reductions, Escambia should remain in the top 1 percent nationwide for total toxic emissions, and by far the leader statewide.
   
   In addition, there still are unresolved concerns about whether the high volume of pollution is making people sick in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

2. 2. Apalachee Ecological Conservancy, Inc.

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   Published on: 2/8/2002   Last Visited: 1/28/2003

   Frances Dunham, Santa Rosa Sound Coalition member, says she worries about wetlands disappearing even more rapidly.
   
   "I don't know what's going on internally, but it raises a lot of concern when you have so many people resigning," she says. "It appears our environment will be much more subject to political whims."
   
   So much for being green

3. 3. UPHA '99 goals: Control growth and protect wetlands

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   Published on: 11/30/1999   Last Visited: 9/14/2002

   Frances Dunham, president of the Santa Rosa Sound Coalition, told the approximately 30 UPHA delegates and members at the meeting in Good Shepherd Church annex that the proposed legislation would align Northwest Florida with the greater wetland protection in the rest of the state.
   
   "We have sort of second class protection for the wetlands," she said. But because of explosive growth in Northwest Florida, the state Department of Environmental Protection has made extending greater protection throughout the Panhandle its number one priority.
   
   Increased wetlands protection is essential for floodwater retention, wildlife habitat and groundwater discharge.
   
   The only problem, for advocates of the greater protection, is that the proposed bill does not have a sponsor in the statehouse yet. And July 1 is the deadline. Dunham urged citizens to write or e-mail local state legislators asking them to sponsor the bill.
   
   Explaining the greater protection for wetlands provided by the bill, she said it is based on the premise, "if you bought a swamp, you must have wanted a swamp."
   
   The proposed bill would:
   
   Protect isolated wetlands Protect surface water by decreasing storm water runoff Avoid future cleanup of water bodies Regulate storm water quality and quantity and offer flood protection
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   Dunham said that further explanation and discussion of the proposed wetlands bill will take place at a meeting of the sound coalition on Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Gulf Breeze Library.
   
   In other action at the UPHA meeting, the group voted to narrow the scope of entries in naming the peninsula. UPHA is coordinating with the U.S. Postal Service in naming the new post office that will be built in Tiger Point.
   
   But one name UPHA ruled out is "Tiger Point.­ Not only that development, but the name of any other subdivision between Gulf Breeze and the Holley Navarre post office is out of contention.
   
   "One subdivision could flood the ballot box," Buckles explained.