User:Jbyrd8/LA Wetland edits
Outline
History of deltaic plain sedimentation - how LA was formed
- New Orleans founded
- Corps "levees only" policy
- Great flood of 1927
Reasons for loss
- Subsidence
- sea level rise
- oil and gas canals
- navigational channels
- levees
- diversions that trap sediment
- nutria
Benefits of wetlands
- habitat
- commercial fishing industry
- water filtration
- flood control capacity
- storm buffer
Restoration
- marsh plantings
- dredging sediments to form new land
- island fencing
- christmas tree carre's
- Sustainable Louisiana 2050
NGOs of prominence in LA wetlands
- CRCL
- Audubon?
- Nature Conservancy?
- GRN
Possible illustrations
- USGS/BTNEP illustrated land loss 1932-2050
- illustration of sediment deposition
- if possible, find amount of wetland loss due to each factor (nutria, channelization, salinity intrusion, etc) and make pie chart!
People to possible link with?
Mark - accretion
Amelia - nutria