Latest / 2MC / 2MC Podcast Eps 64 - Birders and Beachers Beware
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- 00:00:05:28 - 00:00:07:17 MAK Hey everybody, it's mak 00:00:07:20 - 00:00:10:02 Courtney And I'm Courtney. Welcome back to TMC. 00:00:10:08 - 00:00:14:07 MAK We are thrilled to be here in studio with everyone today as always. 00:00:14:07 - 00:00:19:04 Courtney So, if you're listening or watching hello. 00:00:19:07 - 00:00:23:16 MAK Howdy. We have some cool stuff to talk about. 00:00:23:18 - 00:00:24:10 Courtney Yes. 00:00:24:10 - 00:00:30:19 MAK Relevant things going on in our community having to do with the Board of County Commissioners. Yes. Right. 00:00:30:26 - 00:00:40:29 Courtney Correct. Cool. In case you don't know, we have a board meeting coming up April 21st. You can check out the agenda. It's available. 00:00:41:01 - 00:00:48:28 MAK It is online. Did you know you can also get the agendas emailed to you? 00:00:49:00 - 00:00:54:15 Courtney Yes, I do. You're probably wondering. Okay, why are we meeting here? 00:00:54:18 - 00:00:59:10 MAK It's called. Just go. Go. 00:00:59:12 - 00:01:06:23 Courtney Gov. Delivery. So she couldn't figure out why it was g o v delivery. She was like that doesn't make sense to me. 00:01:06:24 - 00:01:17:13 MAK Does make sense. It's gov delivery because it's government. But I always want to say go go delivery. Go into my email box. Go into my email inbox. 00:01:17:14 - 00:01:20:20 Courtney Yeah. Gov delivery. Government delivery. Yep. 00:01:20:23 - 00:01:26:27 MAK Sign up for it on our website. And you don't have to go searching for write the address. Yeah right to you. 00:01:27:00 - 00:01:27:17 Courtney Perfect. 00:01:27:20 - 00:01:31:02 MAK Yes. That was not in our notes, but I thought it was important to bring. 00:01:31:02 - 00:01:36:10 Courtney Up I love it. I love when you impromptu throw things out there. Yes. 00:01:36:12 - 00:01:38:13 MAK Delivery. 00:01:38:16 - 00:01:41:04 Courtney We have a project that has just started. 00:01:41:10 - 00:01:43:06 MAK This project did just start. 00:01:43:09 - 00:01:50:20 Courtney Correct. And it's the Hutchinson Island shore protection project. We call it the Four Mile Beach Project. 00:01:50:21 - 00:02:00:05 MAK We do. This takes place roughly every eight years. Yeah, it's a federal project, right? Yes. So this is the Army Corps of Engineers doing a shore protection project. 00:02:00:12 - 00:02:09:12 Courtney Yeah. So, what they do is they kind of, like, help reconstruct the dune. They dredge sand off of a off shore. 00:02:09:14 - 00:02:10:18 MAK Borrows? 00:02:10:18 - 00:02:11:07 Courtney Yes. 00:02:11:07 - 00:02:12:26 MAK Borrowing the sand. 00:02:13:00 - 00:02:15:24 Courtney Yeah, because it eventually goes back into the ocean. Right? Yeah. 00:02:15:26 - 00:02:20:15 MAK Comes onto the beach, goes back out. It is the circle of sand. Life of. 00:02:20:15 - 00:02:21:15 Courtney Mother Nature. 00:02:21:18 - 00:02:23:11 MAK Yeah. 00:02:23:13 - 00:02:33:10 Courtney And it's important that we do this not only just for our beaches in the shoreline, but also for sea turtles. 00:02:33:12 - 00:02:34:16 MAK Yes. Birds. 00:02:34:18 - 00:02:35:26 Courtney Birds. 00:02:35:28 - 00:02:36:16 MAK Shorebirds. 00:02:36:21 - 00:02:38:23 Courtney Sure. Yeah. Yes. 00:02:38:26 - 00:02:41:18 MAK And other ones would be the plovers. 00:02:41:20 - 00:02:42:03 Courtney Yes. 00:02:42:10 - 00:02:45:25 MAK Right. We should have somebody come on to talk about the plovers. They're cool. 00:02:45:26 - 00:02:46:20 Courtney They are super cool. 00:02:46:21 - 00:02:50:09 MAK Do you know what. Okay let's finish this. 00:02:50:12 - 00:03:00:28 Courtney And to remember that we have, we have the endangered species are being monitored. 00:03:01:00 - 00:03:10:10 MAK Yeah. That's that's through permit. So the. Yes. Army Corps, they're responsible for doing it during the project. And then, 00:03:10:12 - 00:03:11:23 Courtney Before and during. 00:03:11:26 - 00:03:19:23 MAK Yes, yes. And then I partner in turtle nesting and such. Yes. They they also assist. 00:03:19:29 - 00:03:23:03 Courtney Correct? Yes. And so. 00:03:23:03 - 00:03:24:26 MAK What does that mean? The monitoring. 00:03:24:28 - 00:03:35:16 Courtney Okay. So really there's a construction environmental window that's November 1st through April 30th. Okay. To avoid impacts of nesting sea turtles. Right. 00:03:35:21 - 00:03:40:05 MAK So what if a sea turtle doesn't live by that calendar? Okay. 00:03:40:05 - 00:03:53:24 Courtney So if a sea turtle just comes up and decides to lay her eggs in the area that construction crews are working, correct? II which is our contractor, that helps with our. 00:03:53:25 - 00:03:54:19 MAK Environmental. 00:03:54:19 - 00:03:55:16 Courtney Environmental. 00:03:55:16 - 00:03:56:28 MAK Stuff, monitoring and everything. 00:03:56:28 - 00:04:20:23 Courtney Yes, they actually can identify and relocate the sea turtle nest into an area that would not be impacted by the construction. Right? So that way that the nest is really undisturbed and can do its thing perfect. Yeah. I do want to say the project's funded through the flood control and coastal emergency funding. 00:04:20:25 - 00:04:23:03 MAK Yes. Okay, I thought so. 00:04:23:05 - 00:04:30:29 Courtney Which is from Hurricane Nicole in 2022. Right. So while the storm caused erosion. 00:04:30:29 - 00:04:46:28 MAK I thought this was interesting. Right. So the corps said yes, there was erosion, but the the project we did prior to that held its own. Yeah. Shore Line did its job. But it is time to nourish again. 00:04:47:03 - 00:04:54:06 Courtney Yes. Yeah. Yep. That's basically everything in a nutshell for that project. Interesting. Yeah. 00:04:54:09 - 00:04:59:09 MAK And they're moving fast. Right. So they've just started like you said. And they, they by permit. 00:04:59:12 - 00:05:00:07 Courtney Got to be off. 00:05:00:07 - 00:05:06:12 MAK Got to be off the beach by midnight on the 29th. No. 30 1159. 00:05:06:15 - 00:05:14:25 Courtney 30th. Yes, yes. That was close. And speaking of projects that are helping stabilize shorelines. 00:05:14:27 - 00:05:19:01 MAK Nice segue. Good. Right. The Indian Riverside Park living shoreline project. 00:05:19:01 - 00:05:29:06 Courtney Yeah. And so this project is designed with native materials to stabilize the shoreline, maintain public access and restore critical habitat. 00:05:29:12 - 00:05:48:10 MAK I know this is cool. We actually did, we did a longer video on this earlier in the year, and we interviewed the project manager, Jessica. Yes. But it's cool there. It looks like little islands of rocks. Yeah. Will out there. 00:05:48:12 - 00:05:49:27 Courtney Yeah. There's 24 of that. 00:05:49:27 - 00:05:52:29 MAK Wave action, coming into the shoreline. So they're called. 00:05:53:03 - 00:05:54:03 Courtney Breakwaters. 00:05:54:03 - 00:05:58:24 MAK It's it's breaking the water. Yeah, I think I did that. You did breaks the watch. 00:05:58:24 - 00:06:00:08 Courtney Yeah, she did exactly that. 00:06:00:14 - 00:06:02:05 MAK Well it's true. Yeah. 00:06:02:08 - 00:06:05:02 Courtney So there's 24 of them and. 00:06:05:04 - 00:06:08:05 MAK That's good marketing. Whoever brings that name water. 00:06:08:05 - 00:06:22:10 Courtney Right, I love it. Yeah. And then they are adding some stone that will be installed at the base of the mangroves to help just keep that shoreline protected. And this project should be complete by the end of summer, right. 00:06:22:12 - 00:06:29:06 MAK In the summer. And then they'll start planting the shoreline. Right. 00:06:29:08 - 00:06:30:07 Courtney Okay. 00:06:30:09 - 00:06:33:25 MAK Yep. Oh you didn't have that in the notes okay. 00:06:33:27 - 00:06:43:27 Courtney Yes. Whatever Mark said that's happening. Okay. Now I think we're done with shoreline stabilization. 00:06:43:27 - 00:06:51:06 MAK Yes. But lend a hand right here. We saw it here first. 00:06:51:09 - 00:06:54:22 Courtney That's creepy. It was creepy, but we both did it. So? 00:06:54:24 - 00:07:07:20 MAK So if you need a helping hand, we have a lend a hand program. And that's funds that help qualifying Martin County Utilities customers. If that are experiencing a hardship, pay their water bill. 00:07:07:23 - 00:07:08:10 Courtney 00:07:08:12 - 00:07:14:25 MAK This is a cool project and this is in cooperation with our Human Services department. Yes IT and utilities. 00:07:14:27 - 00:07:18:28 Courtney Correct. You're killing it today right. 00:07:19:00 - 00:07:29:17 MAK Killing it girl okay. This is where I thought you were going with the project. Okay. Right. But no, you did not. No. I thought was jumping right into the House of refuge. 00:07:29:20 - 00:07:37:15 Courtney So this is a project that they've been working on, and it actually is complete ish at this point. 00:07:37:15 - 00:07:40:19 MAK Ish. You heard it here first. 00:07:40:21 - 00:07:41:25 Courtney Complete. 00:07:41:27 - 00:07:56:13 MAK This is an incredible project. So it is I think we talk a little bit about it, but I'm hoping we get to go more in depth with architect and general Services guys. But this is the house. Our refuge is over 150 years old. 00:07:56:13 - 00:08:00:20 Courtney It's the county's oldest building. 00:08:00:23 - 00:08:10:16 MAK That's amazing. Yeah. For the record, I was not here when the building was built in 1876. No. Okay. Arrived in 77, 78. 00:08:10:19 - 00:08:12:03 Courtney Just missed it. Yep. 00:08:12:05 - 00:08:13:26 MAK I that much? 00:08:13:28 - 00:08:16:18 Courtney It's a nationally recognized historical site. 00:08:16:25 - 00:08:20:29 MAK Yes. And I think this is the only house of refuge left in Florida. 00:08:20:29 - 00:08:23:14 Courtney It is you thought, correct? 00:08:23:16 - 00:08:28:24 MAK Yeah. And you can tour it. There's so much. Yeah. Amazing history there. 00:08:28:24 - 00:08:30:28 Courtney It is really cool. It's survived. 00:08:31:00 - 00:08:33:25 MAK We got to meet the keeper. We did? Kathryn. 00:08:33:25 - 00:08:35:13 Courtney Yes. Yeah. 00:08:35:16 - 00:08:39:14 MAK She does some really neat stories on their social pages. 00:08:39:16 - 00:08:41:29 Courtney So. Yeah, you guys should follow along. 00:08:42:02 - 00:08:43:09 MAK I do follow them. 00:08:43:11 - 00:08:44:13 Courtney I know they should follow me. 00:08:44:14 - 00:08:52:20 MAK Okay, well, you looked at me when you said it. Well, you guys might want to follow along, and we're going to drop the links down in our show notes. But please do tell us more. 00:08:52:23 - 00:08:58:02 Courtney I was just going to say it's survived over 75 major storms. I think that's pretty remarkable. 00:08:58:08 - 00:08:59:00 MAK What is the. 00:08:59:00 - 00:09:00:02 Courtney Location of it? 00:09:00:06 - 00:09:15:02 MAK Yeah. And it's right on the water. The other cool thing is that we have the weather stem, cameras that some of our select locations. And there is one at the House of refuge. So it does get, a lot of sea salt and. 00:09:15:03 - 00:09:20:17 Courtney Yeah, I mean, that's expected sea water. Salt water. 00:09:20:17 - 00:09:27:05 MAK Yeah. From the sea on it. So sometimes the lens is not always crystal clear, but it's a it's a gorgeous view. 00:09:27:08 - 00:09:30:08 Courtney Yes. Speaking of, do we. 00:09:30:08 - 00:09:33:28 MAK Have anything else coming up about that. No. Okay. 00:09:34:00 - 00:09:37:25 Courtney Speaking of views. 00:09:37:28 - 00:09:43:19 MAK There's a great birding excursion. Are you a birder. 00:09:43:21 - 00:09:48:02 Courtney No. Is that the word a birder. 00:09:48:04 - 00:09:49:14 MAK A bird watcher. 00:09:49:17 - 00:09:51:10 Courtney I think it's yeah. 00:09:51:12 - 00:09:54:10 MAK I like birder. I think that's cool. Okay. I want to be a birder. 00:09:54:10 - 00:10:01:14 Courtney So if you are a birder or want to become a birder, you can go on a guided excursion, right? 00:10:01:14 - 00:10:02:29 MAK Join explorer Natural. Martin. 00:10:02:29 - 00:10:04:24 Courtney Yes, April 20th at 8 a.m.. 00:10:04:24 - 00:10:06:08 MAK I'll say it again. 00:10:06:15 - 00:10:07:02 Courtney I'll up to. 00:10:07:03 - 00:10:08:01 MAK Three times. 00:10:08:03 - 00:10:09:12 Courtney Out of all of how to allocate a. 00:10:09:13 - 00:10:17:26 MAK Nice killdeer, right? It's a guided birding adventure through a scenic tropical forest right here in Martin County. 00:10:17:26 - 00:10:21:01 Courtney And it even says it's perfect for birders of any level. It is. 00:10:21:01 - 00:10:22:17 MAK True. It's a real thing. 00:10:22:17 - 00:10:23:15 Courtney Okay? 00:10:23:17 - 00:10:27:18 MAK It's a free event, but you do need to register. And what day again is it? 00:10:27:20 - 00:10:28:21 Courtney It's April 20th. 00:10:28:24 - 00:10:30:20 MAK And what day of the week is that? 00:10:30:23 - 00:10:32:06 Courtney What day of the day? 00:10:32:09 - 00:10:34:11 MAK It's a Monday, right? Shoot. We can't. 00:10:34:11 - 00:10:36:19 Courtney It's a Monday. Yes. 00:10:36:21 - 00:10:37:22 MAK 00:10:37:24 - 00:10:39:15 Courtney All right. You have to go. 00:10:39:15 - 00:10:48:06 MAK Through the hardwood hammock forest. Looking for birds? Yes. What bird would you call if you were going to call a bird. 00:10:48:12 - 00:10:52:00 Courtney Well I know you would be calling a crow. 00:10:52:02 - 00:10:56:00 MAK I would like to be friends with crows. It's no secret. 00:10:56:03 - 00:10:58:09 Courtney Yes. Okay. 00:10:58:11 - 00:11:00:25 MAK Go go go go. 00:11:00:27 - 00:11:12:02 Courtney Oh, look, a crow on its way. You guys have heard us speak about this, but it's very important. It's around month long, so. 00:11:12:09 - 00:11:14:00 MAK And even into May. 00:11:14:02 - 00:11:16:05 Courtney One weekend into two weekends into May. 00:11:16:05 - 00:11:18:27 MAK Right. Wow. Yes. We've expanded. 00:11:19:00 - 00:11:26:17 Courtney That's fine. Okay. So this weekend it's going to be an Indian town at Post Family Park. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. drop off your tires. 00:11:26:17 - 00:11:34:26 MAK Yeah, it's I think this is an incredible event. It really is just one more of those. Yeah. Like, tools that mosquito control uses. 00:11:34:29 - 00:11:39:09 Courtney And with the rain that we've been getting, it's a good idea to get rid of them. 00:11:39:12 - 00:11:44:03 MAK The tires. Yeah. Okay. I wanted you to circle back in a minute. 00:11:44:06 - 00:11:45:12 Courtney Tires are circles. 00:11:45:12 - 00:11:53:08 MAK Yeah, that's what we did there anyway. Free service from Martin County. And it's for Martin County residents. 00:11:53:11 - 00:11:59:19 Courtney Yes. Okay. Community movie night at Langford Park. 00:11:59:21 - 00:12:01:09 MAK This is a home run. 00:12:01:11 - 00:12:04:03 Courtney It really knocks it out of the park. 00:12:04:06 - 00:12:07:17 MAK Does you know what movie we're going to see? Sandlot? 00:12:07:20 - 00:12:12:08 Courtney Oh, yeah. It's Friday, April 24th, 6 to 9 p.m.. 00:12:12:11 - 00:12:13:07 MAK At Langford Park. 00:12:13:07 - 00:12:14:00 Courtney At Langford Park. 00:12:14:00 - 00:12:15:10 MAK Where is Langford Park. 00:12:15:13 - 00:12:16:01 Courtney In Jensen. 00:12:16:01 - 00:12:20:07 MAK Okay. Yes. Grab your lawn chairs and your blankets. 00:12:20:09 - 00:12:21:03 Courtney And your loved ones. 00:12:21:03 - 00:12:23:16 MAK Even your loved ones. Grab them all. 00:12:23:19 - 00:12:26:23 Courtney The Martin County Sheriff's Office girl team will be there. 00:12:26:25 - 00:12:35:28 MAK So Sandlot Grill Team loved one. Park Langford Park, correct April 24th, 6 to 9. Like it? 00:12:36:00 - 00:12:39:09 Courtney Be there or be square. Yes. 00:12:39:12 - 00:12:40:08 MAK That's it. 00:12:40:11 - 00:12:46:01 Courtney That's all we got this week. Don't forget to like, subscribe, follow, share. 00:12:46:01 - 00:12:50:00 MAK Comment. You always forget to comment. Yeah we like the comments. 00:12:50:03 - 00:12:50:22 Courtney We do. 00:12:50:23 - 00:12:57:05 MAK Right. Bring it on. You got a question about something that we are talking about. We want to hear what you have to say. 00:12:57:06 - 00:13:03:11 Courtney We do and that's all we got. See you guys next time. 00:13:03:14 - 00:13:04:14 MAK Bye bye.