Bayou Lamoque Freshwater Diversion
State Project Number: BS-13
Project Priority List (PPL): 15
Federal Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Project Type: Freshwater Diversion
Construction Completion Date: Pending
Description:
This project is intended to create approximately 620 acres of new marsh, increase the percent cover of aquatic vegetation in interior marsh ponds and channels, increase the area of shallow open water habitat in the project area, and decrease mean salinity in the project area. Project strategies include repairing the Bayou Lamoque freshwater diversion structures and constructing gaps in the natural levee ridges or spoil banks on Bayou Lamoque to facilitate distribution of diverted water and to promote the accretion of new wetlands through the deposition of diverted river sediments.
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Project Information:
• CWPPRA Project Page
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