Ua hoʻopau ke Kalana o Santa Barbara i ka hana ma ka Carpinteria Salt Marsh Dredging Project.
“Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ʻelima a ʻehiku kapuaʻi o ka sediment a hoʻohui i ke kai me ke kai, ʻike mākou i nā manō leopadi a me nā ʻanae ʻoniʻoni ma ke kahawai.ʻAʻole mālama wale kēia mau papahana i ke ola a me ka waiwai o nā kamaʻāina, akā hoʻihoʻi lākou i kahi noho no nā holoholona hihiu ma ia wahi, "wahi a ke Kalana.
ʻO ka pahuhopu o nā hana dredging ʻo ia ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia o ke kahe ʻana i nā waiwai pili a me ke kūlanakauhale ponoʻī.
"Ma hope o ka emi ʻana o ke kahawai ma hope o ka ua nui mai Ianuali 2023, ua hōʻike ka Carpinteria Salt Marsh i ka nui o ka sedimentation," wahi a ke Kalana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana.“Ke keakea nei keia hookuonoono i Santa Monica Creek a me Franklin Creeks.Ke keʻakeʻa ʻia kēia mau kahawai, piʻi nui ka pilikia o ke kaiāulu no ke kahe ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Carpinteria.
Hoʻopau pū ʻia nā awāwa keakea i ka pōʻai o ke kai, e hōʻemi ana i ka noho ʻana o nā iʻa a me nā holoholona hihiu e hilinaʻi nei i nā kahawai wai ākea no ka noho ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana.
Ua hoʻohana ke Kalana i kahi dredge hydraulic no ka wehe ʻana i ka sediment a pahū i loko o ka wahi heʻenalu ma kahi i koho ʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka waha o ka Salt Marsh.