Quotes about lagoon (11 Quotes)



    Sometime later the islanders on a little rimward atoll were amazed to find, washed into their little local lagoon, the wave-rocked corpse of a hideous sea monster, all beaks, eyes and tentacles. They were further astonished at its size, since it was rather larger than their village. But their surprise was tiny compared to the huge, stricken expression on the face of the dead monster, which appeared to be have been trampled to death.

    I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away.

    This land was historically a wetland, ... Restoration of wetland characteristics and function of this land, as well as others in the South Florida ecosystem, will help to achieve restoration of the Indian River Lagoon and the greater Everglades ecosystem.

    The Adopt a Drain program is a great way for the average person to make a difference helping to stop pollutants that would otherwise poison the Indian River Lagoon.



    If you don't breach the lagoon, you'll lose the run of fish. There are arguments both ways. If you breach it too early, the younger fish are going to die because they're not mature enough and will get sucked out into the ocean, but if there's a drought year, you're going to have to open it up during their spawning cycle so they can get into the river.




    It's a race against the population. And if I had to bet, the population is winning out over the lagoon. I can't see how we can continue and sustain this growth without increasing the impacts to the lagoon.



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