On Honeymoon Island State Park, urgency grows to defend ‘the real Florida’

DUNEDIN — For Terry Fortner, the fight to save Honeymoon Island State Park from a proposed development plan is personal.

Nearly 130 years ago, just offshore from here, her grandmother Myrtle Scharrer was born in a pioneer home on Caladesi Island. She lived for decades in the tranquility of the untouched island chains that today include Florida’s most-visited state park.

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• Max Chesnes is an environment and climate reporter, covering water quality, environmental justice and wildlife. Reach him at mchesnes@tampabay.com.

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