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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.

Reporter facts not to collapse

Campaign position, not an agency finding. Save Tarpon Woods opposes the Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank as proposed and urges agencies to deny it unless every material technical, legal, environmental, and financial gap is resolved in a complete public record.

Application 930235 remains under review; the applicants’ August 26, 2026 response was a filing, not a completeness determination or approval. An earlier application was withdrawn after proposing hydrologic-restoration work. Parcel 3 is depicted inside the proposed bank, and no recorded project conservation easement was identified in the reviewed record.

Roster facts are calendar facts, not a scandal headline: Tanner is a former SWFWMD staff attorney through 2015 and is now applicant-side on 930235; he was not District counsel when 889588 or 930235 were filed. Cartwright has a dated District scientist record and is now GreenSource on 930235. Deibler is FAMB president. Records place Tanner and Vining at a May 2026 public CLE. Cole was copied once on 889588; records place Cole and Armstrong at Hill Ward Henderson during 2024, while Armstrong chaired the Governing Board during 889588. No indexed permit-specific Board communication was located.

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Last verified 21 August 2026.

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Public petition page referencing ERP Permit 47575.002 / App 930235 and withdrawn 47575.000 / App 889588 and resident concerns about wildlife, flooding, infrastructure, and community impact.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

Local copy withheld pending owner confirmation of republication rights and privacy review.

BOCC packetSept. 2024

Pinellas County BOCC Packet

Packet of resident concerns, sources, exhibits, media references, flood context, wildlife evidence, and public-record citations presented to county officials.

Local copy withheld pending owner confirmation of republication rights and privacy review.

SWFWMDPermit record

ERP Permit 47575.002 / App 930235 and withdrawn 47575.000 / App 889588

The official SWFWMD record remains a central public source for tracking the mitigation-bank application and related correspondence.

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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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