DNER ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN TAKE ACTION

DNER of Puerto Rico are apparently the only ones who have the jurisdictional authority to stop this illegal digger in Playa Mosquito.
This brings up the following questions....
Do they have a Permiso Simple to move earth from the Agency?
Is this permit excempt from the implementation of erosion control? No erosion control has been implemented to date.
What about the ZMT? We have no response from the agency or documentation that ZMT has been delineated. We have had verbal confirmation from the Department that it has not.

Why is there no way to contact DNER enforcement personnel on a holiday?

Teresa Tallevast, USFWS Refuge manager took immediate action to try and contact them and Hilda Avila from the Culebra Conservation and Development Authority was notified and called back confirming she received the message on the problem on a Holiday. Go you guys!
Copy of email message from Refuge Manager. . . . .
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Subject: digger
To: coralations@yahoo.com
From: Teresa_Tallevast@fws.gov Add to Address Book
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:55:11 -0400

MA I called the police and everybody. Today is a PR holiday, if the
vigilantes don't get into work at 8:00 Benjamin Maldonado told me that
he will go with me to the site. But DNER needs to be there. i called
Hector too. Teresa

Here you can just see the top of the digger heading for the trees right where the illegal road was predicted to be cleared.
Photos por Mary Ann Lucking, Nov 19, 2004

Digger on Beach..Happy Holidays!

Yes, it is a holiday so try to get a hold of the local DNER today.
It appears that reports of Marcos stopping them...were greatly exaggerated.

This morning they began moving earth with a digger on the beach.
In the past heavy equipment was used on this beach to explore for wells and to uproot and remove trees.

What this place does not need is yet another illegal road.
http://mosquitobaysediment.blogspot.com

Digger moving earth on Playa Mosquito.
Photos por Mary Ann Lucking, Nov 19, 2004

Digger emerges from beach scooping earth.
Photos por Mary Ann Lucking, Nov 19, 2004

Digger emerges from beach. It is apparently moving soil toward the cliff.
Photos por Mary Ann Lucking, Nov 19, 2004