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Dear Editor;
It is apparent you have great love for the South Mobile County area. Water issues abound. Your concern is much appreciated!
The Coden - Bayou environment is very unique. Real care needs to be taken as redevelopment occurs.
Along with the water issues; I have noted the destruction of many of our Live Oaks (Querus Virginiana). Many of these
specimens are over 200 years old - and some as much as 700 years old. The area is virtual and rare live oak forest. These trees
are treasures for us and future generations to enjoy. Their economic and aesthetic valuable to our communities is immeasurable.
Do you have any ideas on how to protect the same?
Sincerely,
Barbara Holley Reid
Scenes from along Coden Bayou. Please note the small boats utilized by residents to work the waters of Portersville Bay and the
Gulf of Mexico in search of oysters and crab.
It is apparent you have great love for the South Mobile County area. Water issues abound. Your concern is much appreciated!
The Coden - Bayou environment is very unique. Real care needs to be taken as redevelopment occurs.
Along with the water issues; I have noted the destruction of many of our Live Oaks (Querus Virginiana). Many of these
specimens are over 200 years old - and some as much as 700 years old. The area is virtual and rare live oak forest. These trees
are treasures for us and future generations to enjoy. Their economic and aesthetic valuable to our communities is immeasurable.
Do you have any ideas on how to protect the same?
Sincerely,
Barbara Holley Reid
Scenes from along Coden Bayou. Please note the small boats utilized by residents to work the waters of Portersville Bay and the
Gulf of Mexico in search of oysters and crab.
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| It is difficult to place a monetary value on the many vital services that trees provide. However, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection calculates that a single tree that lives for fifty years will contribute service worth nearly $200,000 (in 1994 dollars) to the community during its lifetime. This includes providing oxygen ($31,250), recycling water and regulating humidity ($37,000), controlling air pollution ($62,500), producing protein ($2,500), providing shelter for wildlife ($31,250), and controlling land erosion and fertilizing the soil ($31,250). - Sacred Trees |
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I totally agree! Our trees and our water should be our most protected assets in the Bayou-Coden area.
So many times we look at development as a good thing until 20 years pass and what we considered progress is now an
abomination to our coastal environment and to our scenic shoreline. When I was a small, there was a beautiful marina
scattered with majestic oaks on the same site where Boconco stands today on the Bayou. I remember walking down a
narrow road with trees on both sides until I reached the bait shop with the marina on the inlet. It was incredible the beauty
I saw as a child that will never be shared with my own grandchildren. If education is not the key to bringing good
intentioned developers to their senses maybe they should take a morning off from their hectic life and take a stroll in the
woods, smell the clean air, and appreciate what god has loaned to us for a short time.
We are selfish to feel that our environment was given to us as individuals.
We will be considered wise when we put the pen back into our pocket and save our landscape for our children and our
grandchildren to enjoy.
I ran across an applicable quote.
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease,
avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods.
But he cannot save them from fools.
- John Muir
Thank you for the beautiful pictures!
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A well maintained landscape with mature trees can increase property values up to 25 percent. Trees can cool houses in the summer. A city lot with 30 percent plant cover provides the equivalent cooling necessary to air condition two moderately sized houses 12 hours a day in the summer. The Value of Trees Around Your Home. |
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“Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory. They speak his praises without flattery, and they are blessings to children yet unborn.” Lord Orrery, 1749 |
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