11-10-2018, 04:39 PM
Glinda, you're right about your comments about Corps of Engineers' approval. The permits are hard to get it, but it is doable. Large stretches of the east U.S. coast get their permitting for jetties and beach replenishment.
But to get COE approval communities have to be united/proactive on pushing for shoreline modification permits.
As I mentioned in some of my previous posts Hawaii government (and some of our islands' environmentalists) have never been much interested in doing so.
I like to call it Environmental Luddism; it simply means the perspective that the natural environment is highly precious and that any attempts to improve on it for natural resource recreation should be viewed with skepticism and suspicion.
Hence Hawaii's general reluctance to build piers, rock pools, artificial surfing reefs, fishponds, man-made beaches, etc. The prevailing view: Let's be happy with what we have.
That works well for Kauai, Oahu, and Maui-all blessed with bountiful beaches and surf breaks. East Hawaii Island--not so much.
But to get COE approval communities have to be united/proactive on pushing for shoreline modification permits.
As I mentioned in some of my previous posts Hawaii government (and some of our islands' environmentalists) have never been much interested in doing so.
I like to call it Environmental Luddism; it simply means the perspective that the natural environment is highly precious and that any attempts to improve on it for natural resource recreation should be viewed with skepticism and suspicion.
Hence Hawaii's general reluctance to build piers, rock pools, artificial surfing reefs, fishponds, man-made beaches, etc. The prevailing view: Let's be happy with what we have.
That works well for Kauai, Oahu, and Maui-all blessed with bountiful beaches and surf breaks. East Hawaii Island--not so much.