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Documentation supports red tide findings
Article published on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008 |
Editor:
The following is in response to an e-mail I received from a TV viewer, who is apparently offended by our efforts to restore our pelican populations.
I wish to say that there exists much documentation to support our findings concerning red tide, including that “consequence of deforestation and overdevelopment” is a direct quote from NASA scientists. Please see “Only One Earth” on the videos page of www.pelicanpals.org regarding red tide runoff around the Amazon Rain Forest as examined by NASA scientists whom we worked with in 1990. The modern phytoplankton red tide is not the same as the red algae that was observed in the 19th century and still appears seasonally although these may be easily confused.
Over the past century, our beautiful state has been defoliated by nearly half to make room for subdivisions, shopping malls and highways. Everyone’s front and back lawns have eradicated that much forest. Condos have replaced most of the natural beach habitats of seabirds. An example of this is Sand Key, miles of condos with no forests in between, as there had always been before and had been home to thousands of seabirds. I believe that we need to refoliate our state, not only to protect our wildlife but also our oxygen supply and our aquifer.
Also, I wish to request that people stop dropping cigarette butts on our beaches. These are dangerous to wildlife and will never biodegrade. This means that they will remain on Earth forever. If everyone keeps doing this, there will eventually be more butts than sand.
Melinda Lindsey
Founder, Pelicanpals.org
Indian Shores
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Article published on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
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