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Sediments at the Big Island restoration site are pumped into the rectangulararea after being dredged from the main channel of the project

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Description

Sediments at the Big Island restoration site are pumped into the rectangulararea after being dredged from the main channel of the project. The depositionof these sediments will help create new wetland habitat.

Credit

NOAA Restoration Center, Erik Zobrist

Display Date

Spring 1998

Location

Louisiana, Atchafalaya Bay, St. Mary Parish

Collection

Restoration

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA)

Big Island Mining Project