I understand they want a pretty beach for their customers and are trying to "help". However, they are not helping anyone in the long term let alone helping their business.
All of the rocks and "extra" materials besides sand on the beach are not imported or alien materials at all. The rocks used to be in the trench that opens up every year just off shore during the wet season. The rocks are moved by the scouring action of the larger waves and given enough time would return of their own accord to the void of the trench. Unfortunately natures time table and the tourist season don't always co-ordinate schedules and every year I watch backhoes load multiple dump trucks and haul away the "debris".
Very short sighted and ill conceived. Additionally, the sand we need for our beach is also moved off shore during the storms. The shallow area off shore past the trench extends for quite a ways into the bay and is the repository of the beach sand "missing" in action. If nature was given enough time she would pull most all of the rocks back into place and then slowly replace the sand until we get our favorite and pretty beach everyone enjoys.
The beach is a delicately balanced eco-system which is very easy to destroy. Take a look at Barra if you doubt the danger. Hauling off materials to make the beach pretty are only going to hasten it's disappearance. Building closer and closer to the surf with hardened surfaces like the new Mirador's don't help either.
I can only hope someone is paying attention who is in a position to inject some common sense into the conversation soon. Rojo
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