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An aerial with a closer view of the containment dike on the right. Oneinteresting feature to note is the multiple outlets pumping sediment onto theisland. East Timbalier Island was sediment starved, the pumping of sedimentsonto the marsh platform is helping the island to accrete.
Credit
NOAA Restoration Center, Erik Zobrist
Display Date
Summer 1999
Location
Louisiana, East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish
Collection
Restoration
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA)
East Timbalier Island Restoration Project