Crane Point: Zipline Would Ruin Beautiful Natural Habitat

Dear Editor:

Thank you for printing Spotted in [last Friday’s] Blue Paper. It’s no surprise about the ‘secret’ meeting. What is totally puzzling is that anyone who lives in the Keys and loves the Keys wants to desecrate Crane’s Point with a zipline! People walk or ride through Crane’s Point for a trip back to Old Florida, a trip back to Nature. How on earth do those who advocate such a desecrating activity as a zipline think the wildlife there are going to react to it? To me, this is criminal! Can anyone imagine wildlife staying in such an environment? Can anyone imagine the noise of the tourists who participate in riding the zipline? Even though I can no longer afford living in Key West, I still love everything about the Keys and it hurts my heart to realize how these advocates of such a tourist attraction are going to ruin this beautiful natural habitat if they win and the zipline goes through.

Peggy Butler

West Palm Beach