As Chris Bennett sees it, there’s really no doubt that seas are rising around the Delaware coast.
Bennett, a resident of Milford, attended the last in a February
series of public meetings on ways of adapting to sea-level rise, and
found that the options presented, as well as the reality of the
phenomenon, matched his own informal observations.
Bennett, 49, said he has been watching the seas encroach on areas
such as Fowler Beach and Prime Hook Beach over the years, and notices
more dead trees in the marshes every time he drives over the Route 1
bridge and looks to the west.
“There is no doubt that in these areas, the water is rising because of sea-level rise,” he told WDDE.
Bennett, who works for the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation
but was attending the meeting as a private citizen, was one of about 40
people who attended the Feb. 25 meeting held by the state’s Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as the latest part of a
multi-year effort to assess and plan for the long-term threat of
sea-level rise.
READ MORE: http://www.wdde.org/40062-public-meeting-sea-level-rise
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