Freshwater Bayou North Marsh Creation
Freshwater Bayou North Marsh Creation
Freshwater Bayou North Marsh Creation is planned for Vermilion Parish, just west of Freshwater Bayou and north of the bayou locks. The project is one of the largest and fastest land-building priority projects, projected to build around 9,000 acres upon construction. It will restore marshes degraded by hurricanes Rita, Gustav and Ike and prevent Freshwater Bayou from continuing to enlarge and further erode interior marshes. Sediment will be delivered via pipeline to the site from either the Gulf of Mexico …
Calcasieu-Sabine Large-Scale Marsh and Hydrologic Restoration Project
This project is intended to reduce stress from inundation (and, if possible, salinity) within wetlands in order to maintain vegetative productivity and reduce conversion of wetlands to open water. The project will achieve and maintain marsh elevation through a combination of 1) continued active water management practices that reduce saltwater intrusion into the marshes through operation of the existing water control structures along the lake-rim, 2) implementing large-scale marsh drainage improvements that reduce the flood stress that is currently driving …