Thread: West Little Lagoon Satelite

Looking a L. Lagoon Google satellite, what is in the water that looks like Lincoln Logs on west end?

If you are talking about the lines like those at 30.236772° N by -87.786541°, I have always assumed they were dredge tracks.

@ https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2342.../data=!3m1!1e3

The linear features along the shoreline are trees (pines) and tree shadows.
The 'veinous' looking features in the water 50+ feet from shore are algae beds or detritus collected in the shallow depressions between the irregular humps in the sand caused by wind wave action.

Or perhaps the gubment is growing seamonsters there ;-) lol

Hope this helps!

What are these lines? https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2375.../data=!3m1!1e3

Dredge tracks from when they dredged the lagoon for beach nourishment after one of the Hurricanes.

Yes, Spottedbass that is what I am asking about and Thanks Carl..

Dredge tracks, Are they deep enough to hold fish?

CarlF, would those features represent an asset or detriment to the lagoon ecology?

Monitoring indicated No impact on the benthic community. Did add some complexity and deeper areas.

Carl, you know my thoughts on that standard EIS statement "No impact on the benthic community".
I wonder how much research and monitoring y'all were able to do?
Certainly there is at least a short-term impact (negative) at the dredge and spoil deposition sites when benthic organisms are sucked up and buried somewhere else.
Of course nature adjusts and recolonizes (in time) but that may vary.
At least (like you said) "Did add some complexity and deeper areas."
So hopefully it's an environmental 'wash'.

Thanks for the good work you folks do keeping an eye on our environment!