Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion
Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion
The Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion is a vital project aimed at reducing land loss in the Breton Basin, one of the most productive and ecologically diverse areas on the Gulf coast. This proposed diversion will be on the east bank of the Mississippi River at Wills Point in Plaquemines Parish. This diversion, like other planned sediment diversions, will use the power of the Mississippi River to move sediment and fresh water from the river into nearby basins, mimicking nature’s historic land-building …
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
Louisiana’s Barataria Basin has experienced some of the highest rates of land loss in the country. Between 1932 to 2016, the region lost nearly 295,000 acres of land. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion has been a cornerstone restoration project in the state’s Coastal Master Plan and work to address this excessive land loss. The diversion is being designed to strategically mimic the natural riverine processes that built the Mississippi River Delta and to help build and maintain land in the degraded …
Atchafalaya Diversions
The Atchafalaya Diversions 2023 Coastal Master Plan project consists of two proposed projects diverting water and sediment from the Atchafalaya River: Atchafalaya River Diversion and Increase Atchafalaya Flow to Terrebonne. The Atchafalaya River Sediment Diversion will provide basin-wide benefits to marshes in southwest Terrebonne Parish. This project will see sediment and fresh water diverted into the marshes to help build land and sustain other nearby projects planned for construction like the Mauvais Bois Ridge Restoration. The wetlands in Terrebonne Basin …
Ama Diversion
As proposed in the 2017 Coastal Master Plan, located in St. Charles Parish, the Ama Sediment Diversion will divert sediment, nutrients and freshwater from the Mississippi River to existing wetlands in the upper Barataria Basin and will also likely benefit marsh creation projects further down in the basin. With a maximum capacity of 50,000 cubic feet of water per second, the project will build and sustain wetland forests, fresh and intermediate marshes by increasing sediment input, water flow and nutrients …