Loggerhead Community-Goodrich Island

1. What special considerations did you have to make for the nesting sea turtle sites located on the barrier island? When considering the nesting sea turtle sites, we had to make sure that they were separated from all of the human made structures. The nesting sites were at the top of the island along with the human made structures, but they were separated by trees that we planted.

2. What special considerations had to be made when determining a good site for the proposed fishing pier? To have a good site for the fishing pier, we considered putting it an area where there was a lot of sea grass.

3. What could be some of the potential problems that might arise from the proposed golf course? Propose some of the ways in which the impacts can be reduced. The golf course can cause a lot of potential problems. For example, it is a wide open area where many trees may have been cut down. To reduce the impact this has made, we planted trees in other areas including around the golf course.

4. What are the economic benefits to the community of Loggerhead County if the development was done with the least amount of environmental impact? With no environmental damage done, the community would wind up successful with the resort and have a good reputation.

5. Describe three ways in which humans negatively impact coastal ecosystems such as the one you are working on with Loggerhead Barrier Island. Humans negatively impact coastal ecosystems with pollution such as from trash or vehicles burning gas. All of the lights used by humans can negatively effect the coast such as interfering with nesting sites. Too many human made structures can interfere with coasts. 

6. How can maintaining natural vegetation help us to reduce the damage caused by oceanic events such as hurricanes, tsunami and continued beach erosion? Natural vegetation is the growth of plants in a certain area that has occurred without man's intervention. These were not planted by humans but have grown naturally for centuries within a certain area. With more natural vegetation, oceanic events are less likely to wipe all of it out.

7. After listening to the other groups make their presentations, were there any ideas they had you would have used if you had though about it before-hand? You should list at least three different ideas and indicate why their idea is actually better for the environment than yours. When looking at all of the other group's islands, I realized that they all were a little different in some way. Although this is true, I don't think that the island could be changed. I don't think that anyone's island was better in any way because  ours had no major improvements.