Wildlife has been dying at the Corcoran Lagoon, along the Santa Cruz County coastline. According to neighbors, the culprits are skimboarders, who dig trenches from the lagoon to the ocean so that they can ride the waves as the waters rush out of the lagoon.
Wildlife has been dying at the Corcoran Lagoon, along the Santa Cruz County coastline. According to neighbors, the culprits are skimboarders, who dig trenches from the lagoon to the ocean so that they can ride the waves as the waters rush out of the lagoon. Sea life is threatened by the declining water level, while natural predators have greater access to baby birds in their nests. Lieutenant Don Kelly of California Fish and Game says that this is an annual problem, and cites similar problems in the Aptos and San Gregorio creek lagoons in San Mateo County. While Kelly recognizes that most skimboarders are not aware of the environmental consequences of their actions, he says that anyone caught disrupting the lagoons will be ticketed. Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel.
