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Old 07-01-2011, 08:07 AM
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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.
Now this is a genius idea, why the heck can't our brethren to the east do this! Last week at Elmer's and on GI the beach was filthy, why they don't pile it up and make dunes?
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