TO GET THE ROWDY CROWD UNDER CONTROL. AFTER AN HOUR OF THAT WRESTLING
AROUND, NO SERIOUS INJURIES
REPORTED.
>>> SINCE WE LAUNCHED WITH THE
FRANCHISE, WE HAVE BEEN TELLING
YOU OF THE BENEFITS OF RESTORING
MANGROVES TO OUR SHORE LINES TO
PREVENT STORM SURGE AND SEA
LEVEL RISE.
>> THE CITY OF MIAMI WERE
CONSIDERING BANNING THE PLANTING
OF NEW MANGROVES.
OF SHORELINES AND OBSTRUCTING
MILLION DOLLARS VIEWS OF
BISCAYNE BAY.
HERE IS LOUIS AGUIRRE WITH
TONIGHT’S DON’T TRASH OUR
TREASURE.
>> WE NEED MANGROVE TREES NOW
MORE THAN EVER.
>> UNLESS WE ARE ACTIVELY
PLANTING MANY, MANY MORE OF
THESE, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
A MIAMI TO COME BACK TO.
>> THESE MANGROVES ARE ALLOWING
US TO EXIST IN THIS CITY.
>> AN IMPASSIONED CHORUS OF
CONCERNED RESIDENTS PLEADING
WITH MIAMI-DADE COMMISSIONERS TO
KILL A CONTROVERSIAL ORDINANCE
SPONSORED BY JOE CORROYO TO BAN
THE PLANTING OF MANGROVES IN
CITY PARKS.
>> PARKS IS ONE OF THE MANY
PLACE WE HAVE TO PLANT
MANGROVES.
>> Reporter: IT WAS OFFICIALLY
REDRAWN AFTER THEY URGED CAROLLO
TO PULL IT.
>> ALL IN FAVOR.
>> AYE.
>> THE COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP.
>> Reporter: THE CITY HAS BEEN
WORKING ON MANGROVE PROJECTS.
THEY BELIEVE MANGROVES ARE THE
FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE OF STORM
SURGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
>> WHEN A WAVE HITS MANGROVE
ROOTS, IT GETS SMALLER.
>> Reporter: FILTER OUT
POLLUTANTS OF BISCAYNE BAY.
>> IT IS LITERALLY WHERE
EVERYTHING GROSS.
>> HELPING TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND WHY WOULD THE CITY EVEN
CONSIDER BANNING HELP THEM?
>> THERE ARE SOME ACTIVISTS
WITHIN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE
THERE ARE LIVING SHORELINE
AGAINST IT.
>> Reporter: LIKE MORNING SIDE
RESIDENT ELVIS CRUZ.
>> WE WILL LOSE THE BEAUTIFUL
PICNIC SPACE AND IN FRONT OF
BISCAYNE BAY.
>> Reporter: CRUZ HAS DONE HIS
HOMEWORK AND POINT TO A STUDY
THAT SAYS A THIN BARRIER OF
COASTAL MANGROVE WILL OFFER
LITTLE PROTECTION.
SAYING YOU WILL NEED A MANGROVE
FOREST 100 METERS WIDE.
>> MANDROVES ARE NOT MAGIC.
CAN’T STOP A WALL OF WATER BEING
PUSHED BY 100-MILE-PER-HOUR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.
>> Reporter: DEPENDS ON WHO YOU
ASK.
STUDY AFTER STUDY HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF PLANTING MANGROVES.
EVEN A SMALL FRINGE OF MANGROVES
CONTRIBUTES TO PROTECTION
AGAINST STORM SURGE.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A WIDER PLANT
ALSO CREATE A BARRIER, THE FIRST
IS SIGNIFICANT WITH EACH
SUCCESSIVE BE MORE SUCCESSIVE OF
THE FIRST.
>> EVERY EXPERT I HAVE SPOKEN TO
SAY MANGROVES IS ONE OF THE BEST
TOOLS.
>> Reporter: WHEN ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEER OF A $176 BILLION
SEAWALL OF MANGROVES.
THE CITY OF MIAMI SAID NO
THANKS.
ASKING FOR A NEW PLAN THAT ALSO
INCORPORATES MANGROVES.
>> WE COULD LOSE THAT INVESTMENT
FROM THE ARMY CORPS.
>> Reporter: THEY DON’T LIKE IT
SAYING THAT THE MANGROVE WILL
GROW WILD.
>> YOU ARE TALKING OF MANGROVES
THAT THEY ARE INVASIVE SPECIES.
>> THEY ARE INVASIVE.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN HERE
SINCE WE EXISTED HERE.
>> THEY ARE NATIVE AND INVASIVE.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE THEY BLOCK
YOUR VIEW.
>> THEY DO WHAT THEY DO AND
INVADE AN AREA.
>> Reporter: TRIMMING OF
MANGROVES AND THIS WALKWAY THAT
PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE
BAY WITH EXPANSIVE VIEWS.
RESIDENTS LIKE ALBERT GOMEZ.
IT IS ABOUT WORKING WHERE
NATURE, NOT AGAINST IT.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STRIKE
A BALANCE.
AND THIS BALANCE MEANS THAT WE
PROTECT THIS FIRST.
>> SO JUST BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE
HAS BEEN REDRAWN DOESN’T MEAN IT
CAN’T BE BACK IN A LITTER TIME
IN INCARNATION AND THOSE
ADVOCATING FOR MANGROVE
RESTORATION AND LIVING