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Erosion and Sediment Controls on Tortola, NOT. . .
[This message copied from Lianna Jarecki today. . . . ]
Dear Todd, Freeman, others….
From my vantage point at Mount Healthy today there is a tongue of brown water extending from every ghut, big and small, on the north side of Tortola. This is dirt running off cut roads and building sites and into the sea, where it is covering corals and other important animals that depend on clear water. This is not a natural occurrence, it does not happen where hillsides are not disturbed. There are good methods for erosion control used in many places around the world to prevent such destructive loss of soil and marine pollution. These have not been used here, and the result is clearly evident in the attached photos. The culprit roads, which have been cut over the past two years are mostly government roads.
Lianna Jarecki, PhD
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College
Box 3097
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
1-284-442-2044; 852-7177; 543-0214
ljarecki@hlscc.edu.vg
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