Saltmarsh restoration, Bayou La Branche, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (Society 2007)

OPP-VM37Y9permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-VM37Y9

Completed (successful/maintained)

Country: USA

Goal

Technique: Construction In 1993-1994, about 2.7 million cubic yards of sediment were taken from Lake Pontchartrain and put into Bayou La Branche. Three months after dredging, the sediment was seeded with Japanese millet (Echinochloa crusgalli) in order to stabilize the sediment and encourage establishment of wetland vegetation. Approximately 305 acres of shallow water habitat has been created. Managers expect the project to favorably progre Spatial extent 1.97082e+06 ha as reported. Reported project duration 0,5 year(s).

Team

Project's total contribution

No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Marsh area

1 variable · 19708.19 km² · 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)

pending

Self-reported

Marsh area · 1.1.4.1

pending

0 → 19708.19 km2 · health —% → —%

Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Society for Ecological Restoration (2007) USA: Louisiana: Bayou La Branche Wetlands Restoration (St. Charles Parish). Available at: http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/database/case-study/?id=65; .

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.