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You know, they have a permit to build 40-plus miles of berm. and if they were to try to armor all of it to keep it from washing away, you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. youre going to change the way the tides move in and out, youre going to change the wave climate. youre going to change the way the sediment moves. and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm than good for the wetlands youre try og to protect. >> youre hearing perhaps the ecolog...

Build 40-plus miles of berm, and if they were to try to armor all of it to keep it from washing away, you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. youre going to change the way the tides move in and out, youre going to change the wave climate. youre going to change the way the sediment moves. and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm than good for the wetlands that youre trying to protect. >> youre hearing perhaps the ecological impact of this spill m...

Clear the extent of the armoring that they would like to do, but, you know, they have a permit to build 40-plus miles of berm. and if they were to try to armor all of it to keep it from washing away, you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. youre going to change the way the tides move in and out, youre going to change the wave climate. youre going to change the way the sediment moves. and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm than good for the wet...

The way that the tides move in and out and the way that the sediment moves and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm to the wetlands than youre trying to protect. >> youre hearing that the eke logical impact may not be as bad as some had feared early on. tell me about that. >> well, i spoke with a lot of agency officials and scientists in louisiana. so far the oil has not penetrated incredibly deeply into the wetlands and there is a growing faith that the system...

What really frightens me is that i heard recently that the governors office is applying for a permit. >> why is that? >> well, if you create essentially a rock wall out there and its still not quite clear, the extent of the armoring that they would like to do, but they have a permit to build 40-feet miles of berm, if they were trying to keep it from washing away, then you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. the way that the tides move in and out and the way that the sediment move...

Clear, the extent of the armoring that they would like to do, but they have a permit to build 40-feet miles of berm, if they were trying to keep it from washing away, then you would completely change the dynamics of that coast. the way that the tides move in and out and the way that the sediment moves and all of this could be very detrimental to habitat. it could do more harm to the wetlands than youre trying to protect. >> youre hearing that the eke logical impact may not be as bad as some had ...