Oh, those golden isles.
The storied marshes of Glynn, popularized in a poem by Sydney Lanier, are under siege from city, county and state forces. Aptly named, the Golden Isles, are being nibbled to death around the edges by work crews intent on "opening up the view."
Who knew the slayers of the Golden Goose did it on purpose?
The siege didn't begin in Atlanta, but the actions of the top environmental bureaucrat helped.
Turner, who was a lobbyist before Deal appointed him EPD director in 2011, said applying state law to the protection of salt marsh areas was “one of the most difficult issues to enforce consistently and appropriately.”
Presumably, that accounts for a lot of what we see from Republican administrations. Just don't do it, if it's hard.
Unfortunately, modern machines make destruction easy. So, in recent weeks, our marsh edges have been under attack from state Department of Transportation and Glynn County Public Works. Even the City of Brunswick got into the act.
Even an editorial in the
Brunswick News did not deter.
Has anyone in Glynn County government checked to see how local government can help mitigate flooding and lower the flood rating and flood insurance premiums set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency? How wonderful it would be to knock the rating down a notch or two, like Camden County just recently did, by taking “smart” actions.
One could almost guarantee that removing natural vegetation that protects land from tides and the sea is not one of the mitigation procedures recommended by FEMA.
To answer the question, they brought in a bigger machine.
But, our local spokesman for wildlife is not to be deterred.
James R Holland speaks for them.