A lock had to be opened Thursday, December 12, 2019 in the evening to avoid the overflow of Lake Cazaux. During the low tide, the water poured into the Arcachon basin.They opened a lock at the Canal des Landes in order to avoid the overflow…
The unprecedented flood of the Leyre, a river that flows into the Arcachon basin last May, has done some damage. Many obstacles in the waters require temporary restrictions on navigation. On 13 May, after the torrential rains of 10 and 11 May 2020, the Leyre…
As in the rest of the Gironde, the beaches could open from 1 June depending on the prefecture, subject to the evolution of the health situation The Prefect of Gironde has confirmed the 4th may to the mayors of the basin of Arcachon gathered during…
At La Teste-de-Buch (Gironde) the Exhibition Centre has just been transformed into a huge sewing workshop to produce hundreds of thousands of fabric masks against covid-19. For this temporary factory, everything was installed in less than 48 hours. Libero Mazzone, an entrepreneur at Teich, won…
The ship “Côte de Bretagne” returned to the Arcachon basin at the request of the S.I.B.A to reenact the beaches of Pyla-sur-Mer. Its method of work is spectacular as the ship extracts the sand on the eastern side of the Bernet Bank and then projects…
Due to the storms of December with a swell of several meters and the great tides the oceanic coast of La Teste-de-Buch has suffered quite a lot. Erosion has brought out real sand cliffs! Alerted by the National Forestry Board (NFB), the mayor of La…
On 6 December 2019, the female black rhinoceros Nabila gave birth to a baby after 15 months of gestation. This is the first black rhino born in a zoo in France. Excellent news for this species which is classified as critically endangered. This birth occurs…
The Bird Island Tenant Dealers Association meeting was held on December 11, 2019. The ACLOU had a large replanting project on the island. These plantations of tamarisk holm oaks and pines were a failure, it must be said that the conditions were unfavourable. Too much…