Dredging Article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100109/ARTICLE/1091021
It seems that nature is trying to reverse what man has altered. The 1960’s man-made waterway now needs dredging because of boat traffic problems. Whether or not this will impact and species of plants and animals living there is not mentioned. Depending on how much sand will be removed by dredging could impact the species taking refuge there. Over the years there must also be debris in the waterway that have now become permanent homes or may have become reefs for various marine life. Every time I’ve gone scuba diving I recall the captain or dive master requesting for each of us to retrieve any non-inhabited debris from our dive sites. Who wants to be kicked out of their home? The marine life can’t just simply relocate.
Yet, at the same time the dredged sand placed on the shorelines helps nourish the beaches that have eroded from storms, waves and human activity. There’s always seems to be a Catch-22.
Related Links:
http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer/14010/css/14010_139.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging
http://www.omnipinnacle.com/CatSubCat/CatSubCatDisplay.asp?p1=906&p2=Y&p7=0&p8=12130&p9=CSC6
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