The Australian Pines at Fort Zach

Today's Citizen's Voice

"I read in today's paper that some invasive, exotic bird from the West Indies has been spotted at Fort Zach. Is the state on the way out there to shoot his sorry butt and drag him out with the Australian pines?"

A Citizen's Voice

"So Australian pines are not indigenous to Fort Zachary Taylor state park but concrete-covered shelters are?"

From the Key West Citizen 1/28/2007

Citizen's Voice 6/1/06

"I'm one of the pine nuts, and proud of it."

Published Key West Citizen 6/1/06

Citizen's Voice 5/28/06

"Is there anything we could actually do to prevent the debacle of having all those trees cut down at Fort Zachary Taylor? Could we be having a mailing campaign, letter writing campaign, telephone campaign, and who would we be writing to? It's a State Park so where's the ultimate authority for it?"

Published Key West Citizen 5/28/06

Citizen's Voice 5/21/06

Great editorial on Friday. We, along with most people who love Fort Zack, cannot imagine it without the beautiful pines. When the park did such a great job of building the islands to capture the natural sand several years ago, we do not remember them cutting down any great number of pines. Why now?

Published Key West Citizen 5/21/06

Citizen's Voice 5/18/06

"I just wanted to say how sad I am with what they're doing to Fort Zachary Taylor. It's unbelievable how sad that park looks when just a few years ago there was a beautiful forest of trees. Now they want to grade the sand? Why don't they leave it alone? It's a state park. If tourists need sandy beaches and don't want rocks, let them go to Smathers Beach. Leave the state park in its natural condition and stop trying to turn it into another groomed beach with chairs and umbrellas for tourists."

Published Key West Citizen 5/18/06