State sends inspectors to beach restoration

[surfrat96]

Read this article in today's Ft. Lauderdale paper. Thought it might be interesting to anyone living in central Florida treasure coast. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/lo...,0,5519166.story?coll=sfla-news-treasurecoast

 

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[wreckdiver1715]

Well, that?s just wonderful! Once again the State Government proves itself inept. Is it just me, or does it seem as if this is a little like closing the barn door after the horses are out? With a week to go until the start of turtle nesting season, does anyone else a problem with this concept. Why did the state investigators not look into this before they started hauling in the sand from, one can only imagine. It?s not like people have not voiced there concerns on this issue all along. Remove the clay and building materials from the sand? Oh! That will be fun to watch. Yea! Our elected officials can claim that they got millions in federal dollars for the state during the next election. But who is going to pay for cleanup and removal any contaminated sand on our beaches. I doubt very much if the Feds will pony up the dollars. Not to worry, it will come out of our pockets one way or another.
This must make the city officials in Satellite Beach happy, since they were unable to get any of that federal money for beach restoration. Hmmm? So who is behind the non-stop line of dump trucks on Satellite Beach? The plot thickens.


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[billinstuart]

Wreckdiver..how true. Apparently the buzz work is "beach compatible material" or similar wording. I guess if you can dig it with your hand it is compatible. Or if it can be trucked in it is compatible. And our "coastal engineer" was on TV bragging about her beach renourishment project. She is the same person who turned a $250000 dollar dredging project into a $750000 project..cost me $6000.00 personally. Your government at work for you. In the private sector such incompetence is rewarded with termination of employment or lawsuit. Can mother nature undo the damage already done? What will the long term effects be? Can the material be removed from the beaches? Maybe more effort will be concentrated on offshore underwater exploration since onshore sites are obliterated. Personally I prefer to work the low tide surf line, where more material is turned over constantly. Interesting posts on Canaveral Seashore/Playalinda beach (beautiful beach in spanish btw)...I grew up in Titusville, spent alot of time out there before it was closed. Only known wreck at the time was the barge, on old steel barge on the beach. I do know there is a specific exemption that allows detecting in FLORIDA STATE park beaches, but apparently not federally controlled areas. Too bad. Someone needs to develop a hidden shoe detector, with hidden wires and a tiny wireless earphone. Come on techies. Course a 10" round shoe may look kinda funny.

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[FISHEYE]

is there any of the old turtle nesting areas still marked off or they all gone from the storms?at new smyrna they marked off some areas,i guess maybe they got gps readings from where they were,it would be interesting to see how much of this garbage sand they dump on the nest sites,momma turtles can be quite picky when it comes to digging in crappy sand on where they want to lay thier eggs,they may go somewhere else.another thing is now that the dunes are gone,more light from the roads,condos,houses since they are now closer will distract the hatchlings,so keep an eye out where turtle tracks are comming up out of the ocean,lets see who dumps 10 tons of garbage sand on the nests,if i see it,ill get video an pics an it will be on my website an the news,its a felony to destroy turtle nests and eggs.

 

[mvSWAT]

It's a felony if a private individual destroys a nesting site....it's your tax dollars at work when the government does it.