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Old 06-30-2011, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray View Post
Parish crews have been working west of Holly Beach to dispose of the masses of seaweed washing up all along the coast. The seaweed is raked up and
moved by front end loader to be piled up, creating new dunes between the beach and the highway. Only heavily used tourist areas are being cleaned at this time. The seaweed is beneficial in holding sand and restoring beach lost to erosion.
They did that same thing to the East of Holly Beach a few years before RITA. The only problem was that some people on 4 wheelers tore them up.
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