Sunday, December 02, 2007By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter ORANGE BEACH -- Plans by the city to build a $2 million public boat launch on Perdido Key have met formidable opposition from an unlikely tandem: the moneyed residents of Ono Island and the endangered Perdido Key beach mouse.
To be sure, city officials knew from the start that the 5 state-owned acres upon which they propose building a boat launch and parking lot are within the 1,300 acres of habitat that federal scientists have deemed crucial to the mouse's survival.
Like anyone wanting to build a house or condo tower in the habitat, the city must seek the blessing of federal regulators, said Orange Beach Coastal Resources Manager Phillip West.
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