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	Name:	John C -
	Subject:	I will try
	Date:	2/7/2011 12:37:22 PM

here is my attempt:

1. I am no engineer. Anything I say is just basically a guess from knowing the overall intentions of what is going on.

2. I too was surprised that they were not able to save more trees out on the point aka the "island," especially along the portion that looks south towards Sand Island. Only last week did I see the final product, when I filmed the last of my video series on concrete wall construction.

3. When I first walked this property with bank representatives and the architect, I guess over a year ago now, the #1 thing we all bemoaned was how few trees the original developers left on the first phase (where the two new homes are for sale now). It was not a nonchalant "gee I wish they had left more trees" it was to the level of "it makes me sick how they cut down those trees." Now, I will say this for the original developer, from what I remember there were a bunch of trailers there so maybe there weren't many to begin with.

4. There has been no seawall on the point, which is like 1,500 linear feet, for as long as I can remember, which is nearly 40 years. Maybe someone can correct me on this but I think it's safe to say that area has had no seawall for at least 30 years. I didn't see any evidence when the lake was down, either.

5. That is a big water area that gets lots of wave action therefore lots of erosion. It has been eroding for a long time.

6. So when the bank "inherited" this a year or so ago - they had a choice to make. Do I put up a wall now, stop the erosion now, and start the healing now? Or do I get to look at those big pines 2 more years before I lose them to erosion. Either way, they are coming down. No stopping water and wave action.

7. Sure, in a perfect world you would like to save every tree there. But I can tell you, from knowing the decision makers, if they took a tree down, it was because they had to in order to secure the land. And it pained them to do so.

8. Was I there for every decision made on every tree? Nope. But I am telling you, I know their hearts.

9. Therefore my reaction is - I hate it more than anyone. But - those trees' fate was sealed 10 or even 5 years ago when the then owner(s) did not control their erosion. Hey, maybe they didn't have the funds or whatever. I don't know, and am not judging. But you certainly can't fault the present owner for a die that was cast long before they were in the picture.

Call me biased, I know. But I think they made the right move, dealing with the cards they were dealt.

URL: Seawall Construction Part 3