Weirs Closed

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by Cripley

Smalls I was on here last year when the weirs were closed it was one of the reasons I joined. If I misunderstood you I apologize. I appreciate your opinion and would enjoy continuing to receive information both sides.

Hey it's cool man. Things get heated with this topic from time to time. Its the proverbial natural resources management discussion. Something is done that not everyone sees benefit from, or they don't fully understand the purpose, and this is what happens.

Here is a link to a report on some of the projects in that area. The first paragraph is what I keep talking about. Over 60,000 acres of marsh were lost, which does not necessarily mean converted to open water, between 1950 and 1970, which roughly coincides with many of the deeper dredging projects on the Ship channel. That loss is why the weirs were put in.

http://lacoast.gov/reports/project/3891096~1.pdf