Dr. Sydney T. Bacchus - Research on the Ecological Impacts of Mining on Corkscrew Road

Dr. Sydney T. Bacchus, PhD, a Hydroecologist with Applied Environmental Services, LLC, provided testimony on behalf of Corkscrew Road residents in the Estero Group Mine zoning case on July 19th. Her presentation described her study of the ecological impacts to onsite and offsite wetland systems caused by non-mechanical dewatering of the surficial and Florida aquifers which occurs as a result of mining excavations.

Dr. Bacchus' research on the ecological impacts of mining on lands in Lee County's DR/GR has been published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Geological Society of America, and the National Wetlands Newsletter. The following are two recent publications, her demonstrative presentation, and her curriculum vitae.

• Nonmechanical dewatering of the regional Floridan aquifer system (1.4 MB PDF)
   
• More Inconvenient Truths: Wildfires and Wetlands, SWANCC and Rapanos (800 KB PDF)
   
• Dr. Bacchus' demonstrative presentation (2.9 MB PDF)
   
• Dr. Bacchus' Curriculum Vitae (200 KB PDF)

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