Big Branch Marsh Restoration
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| CRCL participated in a marsh restoration project in the open mud flats located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain within the USFWS Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The area provides essential protection for our inland communities and wetlands. Volunteers planted over 10,000 plugs of vegetation to stabilize and vegetate the bare marsh platforms that were recently created by the CWPPRA Goose Point/Point Platte Marsh Creation Project, which dredged sediments from Lake Pontchartrain to create over 550 acres of marsh platform. In addition, the project also created wildlife habitat, increased species diversity and provided a seed source for natural regeneration.
This project is being completed through a partnership with NOAA’s Community Based Restoration Program, Restore America’s Estuaries, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, For the Bayou, The Lang Foundation, The Coastal Society and US Fish and Wildlife Service. Working with many partners, sponsors and volunteers, CRCL will plant over 10,000 plugs of marshhay cordgrass and smooth cordgrass to create over 5 acres of marsh.
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