Hay Bales Go Green

1 Dec 2008

Homeowners Worry About Erosion

Crews are struggling to keep the ocean at bay after a Plum Island home was lost last week and others remain in danger due to beach erosion.

"… to prevent this from happening again remember the scene of house on Plum Island being destroyed it. The houses on the edge of collapse because of erosion knew that -- as a moderate joins us live …" at 0:00

"… Well ads for two weeks now crews have been working on a temporary solution to do fix the erosion problem here. Behind me are this small mountains of sand that we'll go back on the beach …" at 0:17

"… been hard at work trying to protect what little is left of plum island's battered beach. A project has been under way to fill huge coconut fiber bags with sand. Encased in the woods and positioned …" at 0:50

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2:10

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10 Jun 2008

Hay Bales Go Green

Bales of hay and silt fences used to control erosion at some construction sites may be doing more harm than good, according to a landscape expert.

"… reducing pollution to nearby waters or. But in on case as these hay bales and so fences or doing more harm than good. …" at 0:22

"… Today goes -- that they could be full of invasive weed seeds and there really were designed to stop and settlement. And as -- seizure drug dollar rose five years later they're still in …" at 0:29

"… soil. The compost has been carefully cured to hold on to excess water runoff while applying the surrounding land with extra nutrients. …" at 1:02

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1:54

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1 Dec 2008

Beach Erosion Threatens More Homes

Crews are struggling to keep the ocean at bay after a Plum Island home was lost last week and others remain in danger due to beach erosion.

"… It isn't icy walk along the shoreline Plum Island. Washed up debris from the house -- the ocean last week could -- any pass survive off their feet. For the past …" at 0:07

"… Soft structure out here where Higgins. He planted any and it allows. Hydrostatic pressure to move back and forth through the envelope unlike -- hard structure like concrete -- rocks. …" at 0:50

"… love to have another 500 -- shoreline protected contractors tell me a fund raising effort is now underway. For a possible face yeah what's. In -- Chirac a newsletter slides. …" at 1:04

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1:16

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