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The Office of Cabinet Affairs (OCA) serves as DEP’s clearinghouse for all cabinet agenda items for presentation to the Governor and Cabinet, which includes the Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund and the Power Plant Siting Board. The OCA coordinates the preparation of cabinet agenda items pertaining to the acquisition, administration, disposition and use of state lands with the DEP divisions, district offices and water management districts. The OCA provides technical and logistical support to the DEP executive staff, cabinet-level reviews of agenda items and transmittal of these items to the Governor and Cabinet. Serving as a liaison with the Cabinet Offices, the OCA coordinates overall programmatic assignments with the Deputy Secretary of Land and Recreation or other DEP staff as needed.

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Governor and Cabinet Approve Purchase of Trenton-Newberry Rail-Trail Project

Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet today approved the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) proposal to purchase a 9.33-mile corridor, known as the Trenton-Newberry Rail Trail project. This corridor will ultimately serve as an extension of the 31.7-mile Nature Coast State Trail (NCST) that is managed by the DEP Office of Greenways & Trails (OGT). Utilizing OGT’s Florida Forever acquisition funding, DEP’s Division of State Lands (DSL) negotiated this purchase with The Trust for Public Land, which had entered into a purchase option agreement with CSX Transportation. The NCST is a component of Florida’s Statewide Greenways and Trails System and was recently designated as a National Recreation Trail by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

“Increasing the connectivity of this popular, multi-use state trail, which already attracts more than 140,000 annual visitors, will benefit the economy of this rural area,” said Jena Brooks, Director of the DEP Office of Greenways & Trails....more

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3900 Commonwealth Blvd.
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Tallahassee, FL 32399
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Last updated: August 31, 2010