A corps issue in election year
As I mentioned elsewhere winter storms have ravaged the east coast of America, including beaches at Budleigh Salterton's sister-town of Brewster on Cape Cod. http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2010/01/coastly-affair.html At Paines Creek Landing they've set to work to repair the damage, led by Brewster's Natural Resources Department. A group made up of the Department's staff and volunteers filled 1,500 sandbags, stacking them around the boulders to protect the landing. I learnt that they were joined by a crew of AmeriCorps. Much appreciated no doubt: "1500 bags at 50 pounds a bag is 75,000 pounds, or a good 25 yards of sand. Makes for a long day..." as the Department's blog reflects. Picture credit: Brewster's Department of Natural Resources blog site. See below. http://brewsterdnr.blogspot.com/2010/01/paines-creek-landing-repairs.html And what an apt name for an organisation that prides itself on tackling jobs like this, defending America. For ...