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Public coverage and source materials

Save Tarpon Woods has been covered in local media and presented to public agencies. This page gathers the resident-facing explanation, public records, news links, and source documents in one place.

The accountability dossier is live

Campaign position, not an agency finding. Save Tarpon Woods opposes the Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank and any conversion that would end the 172-plus-acre landscape’s golf-course and connected-green-space use. The current record now includes three related applications, two withdrawals, a 121-page RAI response, a revised survey, materially changing earthwork and credit descriptions, and a post-deadline extension chronology that still lacks a complete public explanation.

The timing does not prove improper motive or misconduct. It creates an appearance of unexplained procedural disparity that warrants independent review, preserved records, and a written account of the authority and facts applied. Our newsroom package gives reporters the exact clock, record-reconciliation questions, public stakes, oversight questions, quote-ready campaign statements, and primary sources.

Newsroom dossier · Status · Three applications · Source shelf · People and organizations

Record and campaign analysis updated September 2, 2026.

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Owner-authorized website visuals

See what residents are protecting

These photographs are published as resident observations and campaign context. They do not independently prove capture date, exact location, species identification, flood cause, or project effect. Reporters may link to this page; contact Save Tarpon Woods before reproducing an image outside the website.

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Resident photograph of a large white-headed raptor-like bird perched on a branch — **Resident wildlife observation.** Species, date, and precise location are not independently verified by this publication.

Resident photograph of pink and white wading birds gathered in shallow water — **A habitat in use.** Resident observation offered as ecological context, not a current professional species survey.

Resident photograph of an adult deer-like mammal with a spotted young animal — **Life between homes and open space.** The image illustrates the neighborhood’s connection to the course landscape.

Resident photograph showing ponded water extending over grassy course land — **Resident flooding observation.** The photograph does not establish date, depth, frequency, cause, or the proposed project’s effect.

News coverage

External reporting and public articles related to the Tarpon Woods fight.

Bay News 9Aug. 27, 2024

Neighbors raise concerns over Tarpon Woods Golf Course plans

Local coverage of resident concerns after learning about plans involving the golf course, mitigation-bank proposal, and possible future changes.

Open source

WFLA / Yahoo mirror2024

Golf-course property, tax, and ownership coverage

Coverage cited in the BOCC packet concerning Pinellas property-appraiser questions and golf-course owner issues.

Open source

Public petitionOngoing

Save Tarpon Woods Golf Course and Its Wildlife

Public petition page referencing ERP Permit 47575.002 / App 930235 and withdrawn 47575.000 / App 889588 and resident concerns about wildlife, flooding, infrastructure, and community impact.

Open source

Resident presentations and packets

Core materials created for resident meetings and public officials.

Town hallAug. 25, 2024

Tarpon Woods Town Hall Presentation

Resident presentation explaining the mitigation-bank proposal, flooding issues, wildlife concerns, and public process timeline. The public edition replaces four slides containing volunteer/family biographies or stale payment and address information and explains every replacement.

Open public edition

BOCC packetSept. 2024

Community advocacy packet presented to Pinellas County commissioners

Historical resident advocacy—not a County report or finding. The packet gathers concerns, sources, exhibits, media references, flood context, wildlife evidence, and public-record citations presented to County officials. The public edition replaces sensitive personal material, an image lacking documented consent, and reproduced third-party articles while preserving the campaign’s arguments and citations.

Open public edition

SWFWMDPermit record

Three SWFWMD applications on the same landscape

Application 889588 / Permit 47575.000 and Application 907654 / Permit 47575.001 were withdrawn. Application 930235 / Permit 47575.002 remains the current record. The designs and quantities are not interchangeable.

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The short version

Residents are fighting to preserve a long-standing golf-course community and open-space corridor connected to Brooker Creek. Their concern is that the mitigation-bank proposal could permanently alter the land while flooding, wildlife, hydrology, soil, financial-assurance, and neighborhood impacts remain inadequately resolved.

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