All good guesses...of course it is the Grand Canyon taken from an airplane on a recent return flight from the West Coast. Not bad for a cheap camera, was on the window, lighting and timing were right.
If you haven't been down to our own little canyon, formerly known as the BRB, you might want to take a gander. As they prepare the site for the box culverts, they are dumping the dredgings (word?) up hill next to the WLIC bean field. Interesting. Another feature you will notice is the extent of siltation in North Cove as evident by the draw down. Really interesting. And of course the serious road work in the area hasn't started. The amount of dirt needed to be moved in the coming months will be stunning...hills leveled, roadways built up. Every rain adds more silt/runoff to the lake.
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One can only assume that our very own WLIC has already gotten firm commitments from the contractors to fully dredge that cove after completion of the roadway/bridge...
Let us all hope the WLIC DOES have a plan for cleaning out the basin of our lake when this catastrophic 'event' is complete. This is NOT what the dredge fund is for!
Mike, they seem to be as silent as our CITY Mothers and Fathers.
THATS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF OUR OWN LEGAL EAGLES THAN OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR LAKE
SAD
Organic farmers love that silt. It is lie-ak that thar black gold. It is like free compost. Full of nutrients - in fact almost too full in it's natural form.
They call it muck and use it to renew their topsoil by adding it as an amendment - like manure or compost..etc. Would be pretty cool if the Lake would sell or at least get someone to haul it away for free to offset dredging costs.
Also, if the lake would get creative, I am sure the Barry Road project will need some fill dirt and replacement topsoil amendments for the right of way. It has to be mixed with regular clay soil with a tiller so it will drain properly and not be too rich but - What better place to get it than to dig it out of N. Cove.
Sounds too good to be true I wonder why no one else thought of this
I thought silt was considered hazardous waste and had restrictions as to its use
"And The Winner Is..."
Those who dont have to worry about silting on us!
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