by David Rencher
Published: Tue, July 28, 2009 - 1:59 pm CST
Last Updated: Tue, July 28, 2009 - 2:46 pm CST
A partnership of: - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Mississippi/Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
- WKRG-TV
- The City of Orange Beach
- The University of South Alabama Engineering Department,
- grassroots, inc.
The Gulf Coast is an area of storms, high winds and heavy rainfall. We can do a better job of building in this fragile environment by developing better building codes, preserving trees and open spaces. We need to be better educators on teaching our communities how to respect the protective nature of our beaches and wetlands.
We must become more aware that we can work with our environment instead of bulldozing, clearing and paving it. We can litter less. We can work with our communities to lessen our damage from storms and we can make our recovery more cost-effective for us and for our communities.
Today, we can begin to clear up our beautiful waters so our kids and generations beyond can enjoy them.
On WKRG and WKRG.com
July 29 6:30 pm "Wind and Water"
Aug 19 6:30 pm "Water runs downhill"
Aug 26 6:30 pm "Hedging our bets"
Grass Roots: Hedging Our Bets
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