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As a resident of Miami the banning of planting Mangroves is a
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direct contradiction to the natural beauty and ecosystem of
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unnecessary negative effect on the environment.
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I can't believe this needs to be said to a local government that
should be interested in protecting its own property and residents:
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Mangroves are essential to the health of the bay and to
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protecting our shoreline from storm surge. This would be the
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equivalent of destroying the sand dunes on the beach for a
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"better view." The view will not be great when the next storm
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comes and residents near the park sustain more damage and pay
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even higher insurance premiums due to the lack of natural
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protection. Just build a boardwalk for a better view in city parks
with mangroves. It's not difficult.
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Mangroves are integral to achieving costal resilience in our
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Mangroves are well-known to be our best defense against effects
of sea level rise. I was just at a wedding in North Carolina, and
even those who do not live in South Florida are baffled by the
proposal of this ordinance. No one can understand why anyone
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would ban native species from our landscape. I understand the
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need for a beautiful view, and the 1996 Mangrove Trimming and
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(https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/mtpa96_0.pdf) was
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passed specifically to help address this issue. The Act even notes
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the importance of mangroves and requires any mangroves that
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are removed to be replanted. Furthermore, Miami is at the
forefront of sea -level rise worldwide, so what we do sets an
example of how to address these challenges. Miami -Dade County
just declined a proposed project by the Army Corps of Engineers
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to build a 30-foot-high wall in the middle of Biscayne Bay to
address storm surge in favor of a locally preferred option. If grey
infrastructure is not the answer, and this ordinance would make
green infrastructure not be the answer - what is the answer to
address the flooding, storm surge and other impacts of sea level
rise? Increased flooding and pollution from aging sewer
infrastructure and septic tanks will actually lower property values
and further destroy the beauty of why we all love living in Miami.
However, mangroves can help mitigate these impacts by
sequestering carbon from the atmosphere and harmful nutrients
from entering the bay. Let's have Miami be a positive example of
how to address climate change, not an example of what not to
do. Therefore, I implore you to not move this ordinance forward
and make sure it does not pass.
Mangroves provide multiple benefits for our community,
including millions of dollars in ecosystem services each year.
Mangroves stabilize the coastline by reducing erosion from wave
impacts and storm surges. Mangroves also store carbon and help
fight climate change. Mangroves' unique prop roots provide food
and refuge for commercially and economically valuable marine
species. If you like to fish, then you like mangroves! Their
branches serve as bird rookeries, protecting strength in numbers
for birds to nest near each other. - Taken from Miami
Waterkeeper. I hope this can be enough to raise your interest, if it
isn't, please consider that the mangroves provide beautiful
running trails that I, a Miami runner from age 7, absolutely adore.
If the mangroves did not keep these beautiful outlets to see the
whole Miami skyline from Matheson or Key Biscayne then I don't
think I would appreciate this city as much as I do. Mangroves
provide so many habitats, it would destroy coral reef connectivity
and in turn affect scuba and other eco-tourism that I am a part of
too, and is a strong attraction for many people to come to Miami
and invest in restaurants and other hospitality! Banning
mangroves would be banning a blessing of a keystone species.