[CINC] NPCA's Park Advocate » A Boaters’ Paradise That Preserves Coral Reefs: Creating an Anchorless Park

[Catherine French]

Great article on one National Park's solution to reduce negative impacts to benthic habitats and fragile plants/algae caused by anchoring in NPS anchorages.

This is needed here in the CINP. Eelgrass, surf grass, kelp beds and other sea floor habitats get effected every time a boater deploys an anchor and then weighs anchor tearing up these sensitive benthic ecosystems. Bravo!

http://www.parkadvocate.org/a-boaters-paradise-that-preserves-coral-reefs-creating-an-anchorless-park/


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