Dredging – the video
January 21, 2008 by joanna · Leave a Comment
Get your popcorn, turn off the lights, and watch SoutholdVOICE’s first full length (5 minute) feature video.
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SoutholdVOICE Inc., is a not-for-profit organization of waterfront property owners and others interested in the use, enjoyment and preservation of Southold Township's extensive waterfront from Laurel to Orient Point. The organization promotes awareness of issues affecting shoreline and marine resources to further cooperation between responsible use, regulatory protection, and the rights of riparian owners for the ultimate benefit of our community.
Lovely video- but what is dredging? What are they actually doing? And why? How does it help fin fish?
Thanks
Greta,
Dredging is the clearing of accumulated silt and sand from the entrance to our various creeks. There are several types of dredging machines. The one used by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works is a hydraulic dredge,a giant vacuum cleaner, that sucks up the sand blocking the entrance to a creek and deposits it elsewhere … usually to nourish and re-build eroded beaches.
The blockage is usually the result of storm action, such as the nor’easters that periodically hit our area.
The dredging process opens the creeks to navigation by watercraft, eliminating hazards and opens the creeks to the flushing action of tidal flow which clears contaminents and allows the reoxygnation of the water to support the sea life within.
Paul Birman