Everglades
Earth First! has organized a public monitoring campaign including
weekend campouts to keep an eye on the construction, check for
permit violations, and protect wildlife. The camp
that took place July 11-12 was a great success. We were able
to gaining close view of the construction sites by taking canoes
out onto the public waterway of the L-8 Canal, as well as hand
out flyers to dozens of construction workers as they left the job
site, talk to many local fishermen, and
bring awareness to the hundreds of cars that drove by over the weekend.
Gulfstream was on edge and assigned many people to monitor
us, both
at our camp, and as we viewed the construction site from the road
and the canal.
Trench from
canal to power plant
site
Pipeline strung out along trench
Auger Used to Dig Across Canal
Canal Crossing Embankment
Construction Pictures April & May
2008
The junction of St Lucie & L-65 Canals where Horizontal
Directional Drilling is planned
A waterbody planned to
be crossed by the pipeline.
Couse Midden archaelogical site
Slashpile on Couse Midden sited
Flagging of pipline route
Uprooted trees in pipepline pathway
Fishermen enjoying the L-8 Canal
A bird of prey in the construction area
Gopher Tortoise Warnings
Does hope still exist amid the destruction?
Sign announcing county's work on a hiking trail from the
Loxahatchee Refuge to the Corbett WMA, alongside the proposed pipeline
route
Sign describing the procedures for endangered indigo snake
sightings on the construction site
