The proof in dredging to save our
wetlands.
Captain Devin 2013-05-02
"In 1991 the Caernarvon Diversion was created in an
effort to restore the marsh by building land, benefit the commercial fishing
industry and somewhat emulate what the Mississippi used to do years ago. This
is great except for one thing.
It didn’t work."
"Now our problem has been compounded in that the Army
Corps of Engineers wants to build a larger diversion at Braithwaite, this one
capable of putting out 250,000 cfs of water. That was not a typo! You read it
right. That is a quarter million cubic feet of water per second flowing into
our saltwater marsh. If Caernarvon did that much damage what would a diversion
of that magnitude do at Braithwaite? Left in the hands of our government, it
would destroy the marsh."
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