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Coos Bay commissioners weigh dredging Mingus Pond versus allowing marsh restoration; staff to pursue grants while testing hybrid options
Summary
Commissioners debated whether to continue pursuing dredging and dock replacement at Mingus Pond or to explore marshland restoration as a less costly, potentially fundable alternative; staff said grant searches for dredging and dock replacement are ongoing and that a rewilding project will mobilize late this month.
Commissioners on the Coos Bay Parks Commission debated whether to continue pursuing dredging of Mingus Pond or to reframe the site as restored marshland, while city staff said they will continue searching for grants for dredging and for replacement docks at the boardwalk.
Carmen Matthews (City Council) suggested the city consider whether "going the route of dredging is maybe not the direction we wanna go" and proposed the pond could be managed as a marsh or wetland restoration. Matthews said the idea included…
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