Adequate state and county staffers are needed to ensure that rivers and streams are protected, Reice said. The consequences of not adequately curbing sedimentation ranges from fewer healthy fish to less native seafood to poorly functioning streams. The researchers offer little hope that the state will substantially increase its policing efforts on stream sedimentation. The money kept getting less and less and we ended up with 14 new inspectors. That's a drop in the bucket.
Erosion control is expensive but it matters.