Camps removed from Jobos Bay National Estuarine Reserve in Salinas

Former governor candidate and activist Eliezer Molina Today, Wednesday, owners of trailers or mobile homes through its social networks are located in the Los Indias area, on land in the vicinity of Los Marias. SalinasThey are being removed from the area after reports of environmental damage to the Jobos Bay National Estarine Research Reserve.

Residents send me a video of people pulling out trailers and getting ready to pull them out in bulk this weekend. “Molina said the “fear” was the reason for the action.

He argued that most owners were not responsible for the damage to the environment in recent years and that they had rented the space. “The place you rent is not something they understand with permission, they can seize it and they understand they have to leave,” he said.

Environmental activist shared a short video on his Twitter profile: “Run and run in Salinas !! They take out trailers in the invaded area of ​​the Las Marias swamp.

In the Ecological Archive, the residential area has been developed Campers, Without the permission of the government agencies apparently involved. For these tasks, the swamps are cut and the sea-terrain zone is filled.

Since 2015 the situation has been reported to the DNER and what has been examined is, if any, why no action has been taken to prevent the constructions from determining possible environmental violations.

Molina not only expressed anger at what was happening, but was said to be inactive according to what was publicly revealed by state officials to protect the area and repair any damage. “If there are no complaints from the communities, the head of the company will not fulfill his ministerial duty. Therefore, it is understood that this is the general policy of the Governor, ” he told the Secretary. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA), Rafael Macharko And administration Peter Pierre Lucy.

The Bahía Jobos National Estourine Reserve is part of Puerto Rico’s second largest estuary. It stretches between the municipalities of Guyama and Salinas and its lands were acquired in 1981 by DNER. Shortly afterwards, the area was designated a National Reserve by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Associate Manager of Agency Land.

Pierre Lucy last week promised that his government would take the necessary steps, including legal action, to expel the “occupiers” who have occupied these lands. The action comes a few days after the representative of Citizens Success Movement (CVM), Mariana KnucklesSince 2018, NOAA has been “warning” the DNER that it is interfering with security and research purposes in the protected area.