On Friday, the state Acquisition and Restoration Council placed important conditions on the City of Jacksonville's management plan for Huguenot Memorial Park. This park hosts Florida's largest remaining east coast Royal Tern colony, includes federally designated wintering habitat for Threatened Piping Plovers, and functions as stopover habitat for a significant proportion of the world's remaining rufa Red Knots. It also is a destination for an overwhelming amount of beach driving-- often 3000 cars on the park's 12,000 feet of drive-able beach on busy weekends. The hazards to wildlife and public safety have been significant and in an important decision, the state finally said these abuses must come to an end. Read our alert on the decision here.