http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/gardening/10-steps-to-a-healthy-ocean-protecting-our-oceans-from-pollution.htm Useful environmentally friendly news and advice. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/gardening/10-steps-to-a-healthy-ocean-protecting-our-oceans-from-pollution.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4122 Chris O. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:08:20 +0000 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/?p=2210#comment-4122 Re: your mention of protecting shoreline buffers, you may be interested in a Chesapeake Bay project where the state of Maryland is using an environment friendly dredging method to restore two islands. The dredging is placing sand back on the beach as part of the effort to rebuild them to their 1850-ish size of 1100 acres (was down to 10 in the 1990s). Environment friendly dredging uses a newer hydraulic method with precise cuts in the silt instead of invasive clamshell buckets. Re: your mention of protecting shoreline buffers, you may be interested in a Chesapeake Bay project where the state of Maryland is using an environment friendly dredging method to restore two islands. The dredging is placing sand back on the beach as part of the effort to rebuild them to their 1850-ish size of 1100 acres (was down to 10 in the 1990s). Environment friendly dredging uses a newer hydraulic method with precise cuts in the silt instead of invasive clamshell buckets.

]]> http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/gardening/10-steps-to-a-healthy-ocean-protecting-our-oceans-from-pollution.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4114 NewsEco: Poo Power, Daryl Hannah and 60-year-old light bulbs - Blog.HowYouEco Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:58:39 +0000 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/?p=2210#comment-4114 [...] 10 Steps to a Healthy Ocean: Protecting our Oceans from Pollution [...] [...] 10 Steps to a Healthy Ocean: Protecting our Oceans from Pollution [...]

]]> http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/gardening/10-steps-to-a-healthy-ocean-protecting-our-oceans-from-pollution.htm/comment-page-1#comment-4105 Tom Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:53:55 +0000 http://www.practicalenvironmentalist.com/?p=2210#comment-4105 Great, comprehensive list. It's so important to keep our oceans clean! They are a huge part of our home here on planet earth. Great, comprehensive list. It’s so important to keep our oceans clean! They are a huge part of our home here on planet earth.

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