There is a lot of information on this site because this is a serious fight with many moving parts. Use this page first if you want the simple version, the most important links, and step-by-step instructions for helping without getting lost.
If you read nothing else, read this part.
The existing Tarpon Woods golf-course landscape, Brooker Creek-connected water and habitat, canopy, and the neighborhood built around an 18-hole course — not a private wetland-credit site approved on an incomplete record.
Campaign position, not an agency finding. If the bank is permitted, the course becomes a private mitigation-credit site. If it is denied or withdrawn, no agency order requires continued golf-course operation. Any different future proposal would require its own application, evidence, notice, and approvals. Read What’s at Stake.
Campaign position, not an agency finding. People now preparing the applicant’s file previously worked for the District. The applicant’s consultant is president of the state mitigation-bankers’ association. District counsel and applicant counsel appeared on the same public CLE. That is a calendar, not a verdict. Read Who Is Involved.
A permitting process where an incomplete bank file, a withdrawn earthwork design, and repeated extensions can change the land before neighbors see a hearing. The former September 14, 2026 date concerned the applicant’s RAI response, not a public hearing.
Join alerts. Comment on Application 930235. Write Commissioner Eggers that Recreation/Open Space should stay. Submit flooding and wildlife evidence. Send neighbors to What’s at Stake, not to a rumor thread.
Follow these steps. You do not need to be technical.
Start with what approval would authorize, what denial would and would not accomplish, and why neither outcome guarantees continued golf-course operation. This takes about five minutes.
Read What’s at StakeStart with the official Southwest Florida Water Management District record, App 930235. Use the Documents tab on the agency page to review the current permit record.
Open SWFWMD Permit FileSee the dated public roster, prior jobs, professional associations, and direct limitations before relying on claims about who is connected.
Read Who Is InvolvedUse the Join page so we can contact you when there is a meeting, deadline, newsletter, urgent request, or important update.
Join AlertsThe Updates page is where approved news, permit findings, search-bot discoveries, and related case updates are published after review.
Open UpdatesSend wildlife photos, sightings, flooding information, documents, meeting notices, news links, or tips. Nothing appears publicly until an admin reviews it.
Submit EvidenceIf you see flooding, drainage trouble, standing water, or stormwater problems, use the flooding report page as soon as you safely can. Photos help.
Report FloodingThe Calendar page is for public meetings, hearing dates, deadlines, neighborhood events, and action days.
Open CalendarThe Documents page is the evidence center. It holds approved records, forms, maps, permit materials, and public downloads.
Open DocumentsMitigation banking can sound like simple preservation. The explainer shows why credits, fencing, maintenance, wildlife, property values, and long-term land use all matter.
Read the explainerUse this quick guide if you are not sure which page you need.
Open the official Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank application record, App 930235, and use the Documents tab to see the agency's current permit documents.
Open Permit DocumentsRead the main explanation of why residents are organized and what the concerns are.
Understand the fightLearn what mitigation credits are, why developers need them, and why a bank is not the same as saving the existing course.
Open explainerSee wildlife information and approved resident-submitted photos.
Open WildlifeSee the property location, aerial context, Brooker Creek relationship, and neighborhood setting.
Open MapsFind media clips, public-record materials, source links, and past coverage.
Open MediaRead community posts or submit a proposed post or comment for review.
Open BlogSend a private message to the site admins if you need help or have a question.
Contact UsThe search bots run twice a week, admins review submissions, and calendar items can change. During rainy season, permit activity, public meetings, or breaking news, check every few days. If you join alerts, we can also email you when something important happens.
If you have a useful photo, document, link, or observation, send it in. The admin team can review, organize, and decide where it belongs before anything appears publicly.
Submit EvidenceHelpful submissions include dates, locations, photos, links, document names, meeting details, and what you personally saw or received.
View DocumentsThe more residents use one organized source, the easier it is to respond quickly and keep the public record accurate.
Go HomeThe site is built so a resident can move from quick overview to source documents without digging through a pile of files.
