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       Why grass is good!
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: March 13, 2021, 5:01 am
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       Why is grass good?
       Well!  Cows like it, and it makes them produce more milk!
       And cows make more milk in the Springtime, when the grass grows
       faster, because it rains more on that grass, making it grow
       quicker & greener.
       We've all seen the Spring Flush of grass, that bright green
       color that is so startling.
       But, you can also see this same phenomenon later in the year,
       when the long summer has burned off some grass, and it's turned
       yellow. It will happen AGAIN, when someone uses a sprinkler on
       the lawn, those yellow areas quickly turn bright green with a
       fresh spray of water.
       If you happen to have an earthen embankment dam in your
       backyard, and it was just covered in grass, like all the experts
       are telling you it should be, then if there should be a fault or
       leak in the dam, the TALL, GREEN grass would be an early
       indicator of the presence of water, which on an earthen dam
       means there is a leak.
       However, if your dam looks like this one, then you'd never see
       those signs.
  HTML https://youtu.be/JHdYVszQ5qU
       One more reason why these canal embankment dams need to have a
       grass covering.
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       Re: Why grass is good as Embankment Dam Covering! Information
       from the Experts!
   DIR By: Doug K
       Date: March 13, 2021, 9:44 am
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       Please, the ECNA implores ALL Erie Canal Neighbors and Community
       LEADERS along the Erie Canal, to listen to the REAL experts on
       proper embankment safety measures, including why grass is the
       ONLY allowable covering for earthen embankment dams.
       Who are the experts you ask?
       It's the people who get PAID to protect our State & Country by
       creating MANUALS about Dam Safety.
       It those people who have researched enough case studies of Dam
       Failures to write intelligently about the Topic of "Proper
       Embankment Vegetation" for earthen embankments.
       It's established agencies like FEMA, The US Army Corps of
       Engineers, and The Association of State Dam Safety Officials.
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  HTML https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/fema-534.pdf
  HTML https://damsafety.org/dam-owners/trees-and-brush
  HTML https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Portals/54/docs/LeveeSafety/Documents/2014-04-30_ETL_1110-2-583_Vegetation.pdf
       The EXPERTS have written Dam Safety Laws and Guidelines of New
       York State, set by the NYS Department of Environmental
       Conservation (NYSDEC) safety standards, and published on their
       New York State DEC website under the Heading : DAM SAFETY.
  HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/4991.html
       
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  HTML https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/67062.html
       Of course you can try to convince yourself that you will get the
       same level of information on Earthen Embankment Dam Safety from
       a group on Facebook, who is trying to save "shade", and prevent
       the Canal Corporation from actually fixing their "non-compliant"
       dams.
       I'm sure the leadership of this Stop the Canal Clear-Cut group
       has credentials that shows their expertise in Dam Safety, and
       that they have read and understood all of the Dam Safety rules
       mentioned above.
       Wait, the LEADERS of this group have already stated more than
       once, that all of these "facts" aren't needed. They ALL have a
       "gut feeling" and they share the "opinion" that there is nothing
       wrong with the Erie Canal, that having trees on earthen
       embankments is OK, and the owners of these embankments do not
       know anything about their own property, and the danger it
       presents to the public.
       So much for finding any "truth" on Facebook
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