Leaving Nature's stuff on the Beach

[Andy A]

I need some info on the seaweed, june grass or whatever you call it that is presently on the beach. I have been told previously that it was good for the beach to just leave it alone and let nature take its course in removing it. Is this true?

The reason I ask is the condominium complex next to us is raking it up in little piles and smoothing the sand in front of the water's edge. It seems like the height of idocy to me but then I am a let the beach alone except to pick up trash, sort of person.

 

[jodiFL]

They should deposit it near the dune line if they are going to mess with it at all. I agree that it should just be left alone but if they have to please their customers at least do it in a way that pleases the dunes also.

 

[Matt J]

They are idiots and when that mass of brick finally drops into the gulf it'll make a lovely reef. Hopefully it won't take your home with it. I would video tape it though, so if the collapse affects you at all you can sue. ;-)

Seriously though it does help the beach build. Leaving it where it is allows the beach to build up, this eventually turns into dune mass, and ultimately protects the existing dunes from erosion. Sounds like the folks next door aren't worried about the future or are too spineless to explain to guests that they have come to a natural setting and nature isn't all butterflies, dolphins, and rainbows.

/rant over/

 

[Smiling JOe]

In addition to helping build the beaches, the June Grass and Sargassum Grass create millions of homes for animals both at sea and on the beach.

I wonder what the HOA members would think if someone can and removed the condos from the earth?

Andy, good for you for your way of thinking on the issue! Please have a voice in your HOA.

 

[Andy A]

In addition to helping build the beaches, the June Grass and Sargassum Grass create millions of homes for animals both at sea and on the beach.

I wonder what the HOA members would think if someone can and removed the condos from the earth?

Andy, good for you for your way of thinking on the issue! Please have a voice in your HOA.

This is not our HOA causing a problem. Our beach has tons (exaggeration) of this stuff on it and it will be left there. I could not believe someone would hire a man to rake the beach! Nothing our HOA can do about it.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I see. I was reading it as YOUR HOA was doing it. I now see that it is your neighboring condo's HOA. I wonder if the neighboring condo holds a deed to the MHWM and if so, are are they actually checking it daily to see if they are removing nourishment to State owned land. Just because the grass is washed onto "dry sand" doesn't mean that it is within their deeded boundary, which may change daily based on the moving 13 year average of the Mean High Water Mark.

 

[Andy A]

I see. I was reading it as YOUR HOA was doing it. I now see that it is your neighboring condo's HOA. I wonder if the neighboring condo holds a deed to the MHWM and if so, are are they actually checking it daily to see if they are removing nourishment to State owned land. Just because the grass is washed onto "dry sand" doesn't mean that it is within their deeded boundary, which may change daily based on the moving 13 year average of the Mean High Water Mark.

I am pretty sure Bella Vita holds a deed to the MHWM but I am also sure they don't know where it is. Good points, SJ.

 

[wrobert]

They are idiots and when that mass of brick finally drops into the gulf it'll make a lovely reef. Hopefully it won't take your home with it. I would video tape it though, so if the collapse affects you at all you can sue. ;-)

Seriously though it does help the beach build. Leaving it where it is allows the beach to build up, this eventually turns into dune mass, and ultimately protects the existing dunes from erosion. Sounds like the folks next door aren't worried about the future or are too spineless to explain to guests that they have come to a natural setting and nature isn't all butterflies, dolphins, and rainbows.

/rant over/

Okay but we spend thousands asking people to come here to have a good time.

We should accommodate them since they are spending dollars.

Every item on this earth is at one time in some sort of natural state and if left alone will eventually return there.

We do not put pictures on the websites telling people it is going to be pretty gross here for a couple of weeks.

The grass is very high in iodine so if left alone it could encourage meth labs in the tourist areas.

 

[ShallowsNole]

This is why photo shoots are done in February, while the pretty girls in bikinis freeze (and the male models... ).

 

[Smiling JOe]

wrobert,
"pretty gross" is in the eye of the beholder. I think the grasses are beautiful treasures. Leaving them where they wash ashore also shows that we know what true perfection is all about -- Perfection isn't found in beach with only pristine sand, which has been raked and fluffed, with all of the non-conforming materials removed. True perfection is found in accepting the ways in which nature presents its gifts to us.