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	Record Group Number:	000540
	Series/Collection Number:	.S 2045
	Creator:	Florida. Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.
	Title, Dates:	Cross Florida Barge Canal land use study files, 1988-1992.
	Amount:	2.3 cubic ft.
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Unarranged.
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	Biographical/Historical:	The Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission was created in 1935 (Ch. 17016, Laws of Florida) to supersede the Department of Game and Fresh Water Fish (1927, Ch. 11838, Laws). The post of State Game and Fish Commissioner was originally created in 1913 (Ch. 6535, Laws) in the Department of Game and Fish. In 1969, the Commission was placed under the nominal control of the Department of Natural Resources (Ch. 69-106, Laws). In 1977, the Commission was reconstituted as an independent entity (Ch. 77-204, Laws).
	Summary:	This series consists of minutes, studies, reports, correspondence, recommendations, editorials, etc. regarding proposals for use of land acquired for the discontinued Cross Florida Barge Canal project. The files were those of Colonel Bob Butler, retired regional director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The majority of the records are from 1992, but there are some from the late 1980s.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Wildlife conservation Florida Canals Florida Environmental policy Florida Minutes. aat Reports. aat Cross Florida Barge Canal (Fla.)
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