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I ,being born and raised in this area, have seen noticable erosion of the wetlands in my short time in this earth thus far. here is an article that hits home for me.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20...e_of_collapse_ I was curious to see all of your takes on this. As in how do you all feel spending your federal tax dollars on saving the wetlands 
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01-08-2009, 10:06 AM
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I guess my decision to act on a problem like that is depending somewhat on what caused the crisis in the first place. If its something man made which the article infers by mentioning that the oil field canals is contributing to it, then maybe something should be done.
If its more of an ecological evolution of an area than maybe things just need to be left alone. Over the history of the earth, sea levels have fallen and risen, glaciers have advanced and retreated and climates have changed, and over those times different species of animals have disappeared or emerged because of those changes. Its just that humans werent around to notice it (well they probably noticed it but just didnt document it) or have the ability to change it. If its a natural evolution of things then maybe we should just let it go. Sure the wetland animals and such will lose out but it would evolve I assume to a woodland area with its own new habitats. I guess I'm just rambling, I'm sure the politicians will sort it out for us!
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01-08-2009, 11:39 AM
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to answer your question RWilson2526 its directly man's fault. they do not allow the rivers here to flow as they wish. and because of that saltwater intrudes into brachish marses and kills the grass then once the grass is gone the sediment leaves on the out going tide. thats just one scenario.
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01-08-2009, 04:22 PM
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The wetlands hysteria is amazing, what it all boils down to is MONEY!!
Here wetlands were encroached upon by the state and federal government, in defense they created more wetlands (I believe a multiple of per acre). One location lost a 60 year old lake of approximately one square mile to recreate a wetland in that location, in the other location, an island was reduced to below sea level in order to make up for marshland. No further consideration after that, I guess the lake and island were not considered important enough to be preserved, compared to the wetlands. At one time it was to be considered a "wetland" if water stood for more than 3 months. With that definition 1/2 of the population of Georgia would have to move, it has since been redefined.
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01-08-2009, 05:06 PM
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yeah the way the govt does things is ridiculous at times. down here it just comes down to that there isnt any sediment being deposited back into the marsh. what is funny is that in the atchafalaya basin they did not try to controll water flow from their rivers much. they just let it do its thing and they actually have a problem with too much sediment build up. this is only about 50 miles away by road at the most. you do not need a million dollar study to see that sediment deposit is the answer.
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