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Originally Posted by Smalls
Nothing. The problems behind the weirs are not natural. The dredging of the ship channel introduced saltwater into the system. That marsh could not tolerate the increase in salinity, and it was dying. That is precisely the reason for the weirs.
Removing the weirs would create a temporary increase in shrimp and crab numbers, but inevitably the marsh would die and you would have one large lake.
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Listen to this right here ^^^^^^^, the ship channel is one of the main culprits for saltwater intrusion, its also the reason there is a year round trout fishery in Big Lake rather than a largemouth bass fishery. The ship channel is the whole reason Lake Charles area is thriving. The weirs are there to mitigate for the ship channel. Its that simple. That area is not supposed to be saltwater, saltwater kills plants that are not salt tolerant.
Over 50 years ago, the saltwater barrier was installed north of Lake Charles, for the reason of keeping saltwater at bay, and had nothing to do with wigeongrass, ducks, CCA, oysters, chupacabras, black panthers, or anything, it was to keep saltwater out of a freshwater system. This was over FIFTY years ago, so its nothing new.
Go to Holly Beach and take a 5 gallon bucket of seawater and pour it in your yard and watch what happens (you won't have to mow that area
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