A Threat To The Marsh

A memo recently released by Georgia Environmental Protection Division Director Judson Turner effectively removed the requirement for a protective 25 ft buffer on marshfront properties.

Due to its large tidal range and protective coastal marsh laws, Georgia’s relatively short coastline possesses approximately one-third of the remaining salt marsh on the East Coast. 

Whole and healthy, the marsh is a nursery for commercial seafood, a tourist attraction, and a critical factor in reducing flooding. Without that vital buffer, polluted run-off will enter the marsh directly (causing mass die-off) and we will be stripped of the critical protection from storm-surge.

For more information, please read this article: http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/04/earth-day-present-from-nathan-deals-administration-threatens-to-destroy-states-fragile-coastal-marshes/comment-page-1/

A helpful video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LycjLwl0drE

Please send your comments about this pressing issue to: 

Governor Nathan Deal
203 Capitol Place, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
(404) 656-4713

Commissioner Mark Williams
mark.williams@dnr.state.ga.us

EPD Director Judson Turner
jud.turner@dnr.state.ga.us

jason.spencer@house.ga.gov
william.ligon@senate.ga.gov