#ferrypoint — Public Fediverse posts

Goodbye, Toxic, Broken-Down Old Pier. Hello, Eelgrass?
https://baynature.org/article/make-way-for-eelgrass-dilapidated-unsafe-toxic-old-richmond-pier-to-be-removed-at-last/

"thanks to $1.2 million in funds from #Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, officials hope to get the old #FerryPoint pier out of the water before something terrible happens... these old logs were long ago treated with #creosote, a preservative toxic to aquatic life... In doing so, they will restore approximately 800 square feet of underwater habitat—a prime location for #eelgrass beds and spawning Pacific herring"