Discovery Land Company repeatedly states that they have spent over 2 million dollars on the clean-up of the Disney site. Assumedly, we are supposed to be in awe of the great environmental service they have granted the island of Guana Cay.

But drill down and ask yourself this: what is the first thing a developer has to do when building a development? Remove all the previous construction obstructing their ability to lay down the foundation for their own construction! So, isn't it likely then, that the 2 million dollars spent on removing Disney's abandoned (see an article on Disney on Guana Cay here) ruins were spent largely on clearing the way for new construction anyway?

Is it maybe just good marketing?

In fact, if you view the map above, it becomes clear that the new developer isn't saving anything from Disney - in fact, Disney, on land anyway, was a near saint compared to Discovery Land Company, which will literally cut out a huge portion of the island and knock out the remaining mangrove stands.

The problem with Disney was their dredging operation. Silt from dredging naturally clouds and pollutes the water, which, because of strong moving water between the Atlantic and Sea of Abaco, cannot be controlled. Naturally, dredging means silt in the coral reefs. Discovery Land Company has shyly explained that they will have a silt curtain in place as they dig a giant hole out of Guana Cay.

So we decided to look in to the matter and see if a silt curtain can actually stop silt.