Don't the politicians read?
Fred
 
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> From: Bobbi Cordy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Back to the Conservation Issue - Sanibel
> Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 9:26 AM
>
> I stated several times that one of the big problems in FL
is the
> renourishment of beaches where hundreds of shells and
being pumped out
> of the ocean onto the beaches....well here is what was in
yesterdays
> paper:
>
> "Panama City Beach - A renourishment project is providing
beachcombers
> with a bonanza of shells of all kinds and calibers.
> In addition, dredges are bringing up gun shells expended
during military
> training exercises in or over the Gulf of Mexico.
> Beachcombers usually have to wait until low tides after
storms to find
> fresh seashells, but the dredging is providing them with
relatively
> untouched specimens in the sand being pumped from
offshore to restore
> severely eroded beaches.
> The $21.5 million renourishment is about 40percent
complete and on
> schedule, said Rafael Castillo, a quality control
official with Great
> lakes Dredge and Dock Co. which has been doing the
dredging work."
> Florida Today, Tuesday, December 1, 1998.
>
> AND very soon the scientific shell collector will be told
it is their
> fault because the shells are gone.  What a crock!!!
>
> --
> Jim and Bobbi Cordy
> of Merritt Island, Florida.
> Specializing in Self-Collected
> Caribbean & Florida Shells