How will the manatee protection area affect private lands or other landowners?
A12: As stated above in Q.3, manatee protection areas are designated in the water, and are not land acquisition or land parcels. As a result, designation of a Kings Bay manatee refuge will not affect private or other lands surrounding Kings Bay, and will not affect the rights of waterfront property owners. Public and private waterfront property owners and their designees retain riparian access to their properties and can maintain property and waterways when their property adjoins or is located in a manatee refuge. Public and private waterfront property owners would be required to operate their boats and conduct property and waterway maintenance activities in a manner consistent with the refuge measures that are in effect adjacent to their property; maintenance activities will continue to be subject to applicable federal, state or local permitting requirements.
