Posted on 09/06/2015 1:20:19 PM PDT by BBell
In Bayou L’Ours, east of the south Lafourche levee system, long narrow strips of marsh stretch across an area that was once a pocket of open water.
The new land is the result of a marsh terracing project planned since 2012 in conjunction with nonprofit Ducks Unlimited, Lafourche Parish government and landowner ConocoPhillips.
The project, now in the second of five phases, is designed to restore eroded marsh of Bayou L’Ours, protect the levee system and create a productive habitat for fisheries and waterfowl, said Lafourche Parish Administrator Archie Chaisson.
Chaisson described the terraces as mini-levees.
Four marsh buggies work at a time to dredge material off the water bottom, build the crown and shape the mound, which will serve as a platform for marsh grass.
Terraces created during the project’s second phase, which started in March and costs roughly $800,000, have planted marsh grass lining their perimeters.
The terraces built two years ago during the project’s first phase are now covered with marsh grass and total about 25 acres of new marsh.
Chaisson said the second section will create a comparable amount of new marsh, but the project actually benefits many more acres.
Not only do terraces slow down wave action to reduce land erosion, but the calm waters between the terraces support growth of aquatic vegetation.
Susan Testroet-Bergeron, executive director of Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, said those areas can be ideal for wildlife.
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1. Too cheap
2. Federal government is not running it
3.Army Corps of engineers is not running it.
4. Not enough money to line corrupt officials wallets.
5.Too simple
sarc
In one of the books by the Robertsons of “Duck Dynasty,” they talked about how they had developed some of their properties to enhance wildfowl habitat.
Is the EPA aware of this?
I don’t know but I imagine you would need the EPA’s permission to do this.
Lots of $ per acre to change one swamp into into another swamp.
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