Mining and environmentally sensitive lands - good neighbors?

Vince Santamaria sent the link for this map of CREW and other preservation lands in Lee and Collier Counties. We've overlayed the "potential mining areas" map to give an idea of where future limerock mining and associated industrial operations are supposed to fit within these ecologically important preservation and mitigation lands.

The preservation lands were acquired by the State, County, and Water Management District at the cost of tens of millions of dollars for habitat preservation, water quality and recharge, and public use for such activities as education and eco-tourism.

What is the value of these native areas for education and eco-tourism if the tour bus must dodge dump trucks for 10 miles, and pass an asphalt plant within two miles of CREW hiking trails? What would that scenario suggest about Lee County Government's commitment to protection of natural resources?

Is the public's investment in these native lands depreciated at all when they are to be adjoined by thousands of acres of limerock mines and cement plants?