Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times

Fears in Miami That Port Expansion Will Destroy Reefs
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Published: September 3, 2011

MIAMI — As Miami prepares to dredge its port to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists are making a last-ditch effort to protect threatened coral reefs and acres of sea grass that they say would be destroyed by the expansion.

The state’s Department of Environmental Protection is on the verge of granting a final permit to the Army Corps of Engineers, which will be free to conduct 600 days of blasting to widen and deepen the channel for the port of Miami, across from the southern part of Miami Beach.

“It won’t fare well for us, the bay, the coral reefs, the fish stocks and the sea grass,” said Laura Reynolds, the executive director of the Tropical Audubon Society.

“You can bring this all back to the economy,” Ms. Reynolds said. “People come here to fish, boat, sail, snorkel and dive and go to the beach.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/04coral.html?ref=us

[russspeakeasy]

1. I just got back from Miami...their ports are the least

of their problems. Drugs, crime, abandoned houses, business' and cops on the take.. If you think the ports are bad, go to the airport....and bring some clean underwear, cause it's scary..:nuke:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Don't forget the eternnal police violence, and dirty elections, too!

We've been hearing about the things you've mentioned for years and years. What a miserable shame.

Miami's lucky the right-wing has had its ham-handed fist at the helm there for so very long.

[russspeakeasy]

3. Absolutely....I didn't mean to be so dismissive of Miami's ports.

They (the ports) and the entire city need a lot of help...:toast: