With sustained southerly and easterly 15 to 25 knot winds, the tide continues to remain 1 to 2 feet above normal. The front row of biologs continue to be battered by heavy waves that are sometimes reaching the toe of the scarping and completely inundating the entire project with at least a foot of water.
Photo taken May 11, 2011
Note the spartina growing under water
We received 300 free recycled 50 lb. feed bags from Manchester Hills Estate Farm and Winery in Ohio. Fred Bekiarian, Bill Grochowicz, Bill & Marion McGrath continued to fill sand bags and place them along the face of the front row of biologs to help save the project from complete destruction. The spartina seems to thrive under water but, it was being covered over by more and more sand from the waves being trapped between the two rows of biologs. The accumulated sand was used to fill the sand bags and replaced out front along the face of the biologs.
Submitted by
BSHCA member
William E. McGrath, PLS
Riparian Consultant
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