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for the past couple of weeks a fairly large crew, with chainsaws, buldozer, a barge and crane has been busy chopping off some beautiful Australian Pines off the spoil islands on the south side of Dinner Key Marina.
reason ? they are non native species and have taken over the islands...
since there is nothing more short sighted than a bureaucrat, they have failed to realize that these trees were providing excellent protection to the marina, while also protecting these low lying islands from being washed out in a storm. During both Wilma and KAtrina, these trees sheltered the marina cutting the wind...
but, they are non natives and must be destroyed. a few are left on the right side of the picture... the rest of the trees on the islands do not offer any protection and you can now see the bay waters on the other side along with buildings on the distant shore.
what a shame !
and to top it off, they do this during the hurricane season leaving tons of debris behind !
heck, i dont' see them going after other non native species from honduras, columbia, nicaragua, mexico....
reason ? they are non native species and have taken over the islands...
since there is nothing more short sighted than a bureaucrat, they have failed to realize that these trees were providing excellent protection to the marina, while also protecting these low lying islands from being washed out in a storm. During both Wilma and KAtrina, these trees sheltered the marina cutting the wind...
but, they are non natives and must be destroyed. a few are left on the right side of the picture... the rest of the trees on the islands do not offer any protection and you can now see the bay waters on the other side along with buildings on the distant shore.
what a shame !
and to top it off, they do this during the hurricane season leaving tons of debris behind !
heck, i dont' see them going after other non native species from honduras, columbia, nicaragua, mexico....