‘How Are Our Coastal Wetlands Doing?’ Asks Letter to Supervisor Mike Wilson
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Supervisor Mike Wilson,
May is National Wetlands Month; How are our coastal wetlands doing? For decades we have ignored our purposefully constructed wetlands by removing the grass that created our frontal dunes, replacing that grass with nothing.
Our frontal dunes are what is known as “constructed” dunes. They carry with them the full support of any coastal wetland in California, yet, the Friends of the Dunes, the Dunes Coop (conglomeration of State and Federal oversight agencies) collude to remove a benevolent plant that was placed there for the benefit of resilience and wildlife habitat- both, what is required by law and reason.
If you’d like to see the results of grass removal, look behind Friends of the Dunes clubhouse- no frontal dune- so no corresponding inboard wetland, no place for wildlife no resilience no wetland and guaranteed higher wind-load.
The entire Samoa Peninsula is to be managed by Porter/cologne Act principles. The Porter/Cologne Act is brilliantly all about water, it is the predicate to the Federal Clean Water Act.
Our local hooligans, the Friends of the Dunes and Supervisors Neely, Woolley, Lovelace and Wilson, made sure the populous remained unaware while the dunes were stripped of life.
Thanks to their works, our once full and consistent ancient hind dune, a fully functioning wetland now has, thanks to frontal dune damage, a quarter-mile divot right through its spine.
So Mike, how are our coastal wetlands doing, there is quite a lot of talk of El Nino being supercharged this winter, have you kept our wetlands strong and healthy?
I hope so, please report.
Sincerely,
Dan Edrich
Manila, CA
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Oh Daniel, Daniel, did no-one ever tell you you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar? Ad hominem attacks are really not the way to go.
He’s been at it for the better part of a couple decades. You know what changed? Nothing.
Approach the subject at hand, Cs how are our coastal wetlands doing?
How are our wetlands doing? You blabber everywhere, show yourself as a environmentalist, I believe you are phony, answer the question how are our coastal wetlands doing?
The dunes are much nicer with European beach grass removed. This is a beautiful place to wander and rarely see another person. I think Dan would do better to take some more hikes and relax a little bit.
The European dune grass that was removed ideally should be replaced with the native American dune grass, Elymus mollis. Samara restoration in McKinleyville might be able to grow it for the project. If they won’t, it’s possible that Jug Handle native plant nursery down in Mendo county could grow some, but it’s a small nursery (I work there) and we wouldn’t have the capacity to grow as much as needed unless we do it over a longer period of time.
Alison, t..here is only one grass that we can plant that will create a ‘frontal dune.”
It’s called Amophilla. Don’t be jerks- plant it- respect it.
Thanks Dan! Hopefully one day people will start caring about the right things
I Will never understand people who nitpick someone’s delivery when they’re clearly right. Fuck it … he was rude. Was he correct? Yes. Why do we have to massage social niceties? It’s so stupid. He’s been right for decades, but the status quo and all the social niceties keep trumping doing the right thing. It’s ridiculous