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Sarasota News Leader January 17, 2014 Page 56 as Mote Marine Laboratory researchers have Dredging in Big Pass could limit the ability of sand to flow south towards Siesta, and it shown. could even limit the potential for new formaThe rays use the Big Pass shoal to escape tions to take shape naturally. predators such as sharks and to give birth to young, Miller said. The impact on the rays and Another big concern Miller noted was what other wildlife, and the marine habitat itself, happens if something goes wrong, if the Corps moves ahead with the entire project. after dredging is unknown. "We're trying to ask questions now before it Miller mentioned Hurricane Katrina and how the Corps was granted immunity after the gets any further," Miller pointed out. An Army Corps of Engineers illustration shows the planned locations of three groins on the southern end of Lido Key. File photo