Friends
Just like old growth forests, the original California wetlands had environments that were incredibly and unbelievably complex. It should not take a PhD microbiologist to understand that they had intricate associations that we have no clue about and simply do not understand. And yet here in California, home of the Sierra Club, home of us tree hugger leftists ☺, we have destroyed more than 90 percent of fresh and saltwater wetlands (99% percent of fresh water wetlands)
And the truly crazy thing is that we continue to destroy them simply and childishly on the assurance by developers that they will recreate it somewhere else.
This is absolutely mind boggling to me. This is analogous to giving a business permission to plow under acres and acres of old growth forest on the assurance that they will plant a few twigs in the ground someplace where they do not want to build — in order to “duplicate” it. I think people are nuts!
I understand that the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission and the California Coastal Commission has deeply passionate and dedicated individuals whose primary goal is to save as much wetland area as possible. But we need to protect our existing old growth wetlands far, far better then we are.
We need to understand that old growth wetlands truly are analogous to old growth forests. And that when we drain, fill, and build on them they are gone for thousands of years. And we cannot just replicate them in a year or two, or even 10 or 100 years in a different location.
We desperately need to support moratoriums on wetland construction. We desperately need to hold city planners responsible and accountable for protecting our wetlands. Maintaining existing wetlands would probably do more for climate change remediation then all the Priuses sold last year. Ever heard the term blue carbon?
But writing city leaders is much less gratifying than buying a Prius. And certainly less tangible.
Despite my gripes, I wish the absolute best to everyone who helps protects our wetlands. But I do not believe that our “premier” environmental businesses are doing even close to an adequate job with respect to the environment. I believe most are simply after money for their CEOs and board members. Here are 🌿🌲Three little _easy_ things! 🌄 You can do to start holding our environmental money machines accountable once again.
Bob
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