Support expanding Midway II Artificial Reef in Gulf waters
Bay County BOCC / MIdway II Artificial Reef Site / Gulf of America / Bay
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers· Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America), Bay County offshore watersArmy Corps public notice ↗
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Reauthorizing this reef secures marine habitat and fishing grounds for Bay County's coastal communities.
What’s at risk
The Midway II reef site creates seafloor habitat that attracts fish and supports recreational fishing and diving in Gulf federal waters. Without reauthorization, the site loses its permitted status and cannot be expanded.
If we stay silent
The reef site gets a renewed permit and grows larger, permanently increasing marine habitat and fish populations in Bay County offshore waters.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
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What the public could have raised, from the agency’s own document
- I support this action and urge the agency to advance it.
- I support reauthorizing and expanding the Midway II Artificial Reef Site in the Gulf of America, which creates seafloor habitat that attracts fish and supports reef ecosystems in federal waters.
- Expanding the Midway II site will place more structures on the seafloor in Bay County offshore waters, directly increasing marine habitat available to fish and other reef species.
- Artificial reefs like Midway II support recreational diving and fishing in the Gulf of America, and this reauthorization keeps that opportunity alive and growing.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
Public Notice for the reauthorization and expansion of an existing reef site call Midway II.
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