This restoration project would reconnect this swamp with the Mississippi River, preventing land loss in the swamp, the conversion of swamp (tree-dominated wetlands) to marsh (grass-dominated wetlands), as well as push back against saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels. River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project would help restore and maintain one of the Maurepas Swamp – one nation’s largest forested wetlands.This restoration project would dredge the Intracoastal Waterway to increase the flow of Atchafalaya River water east in the Terrebonne Basin. Starved of sediment and experiencing saltwater intrusion, these wetlands are rapidly converting to open water. The swamps and marshes of the Terrebonne Basin, along Louisiana’s central coast, are far away from both the Atchafalaya River, the last major distributary channel of the Mississippi, and the Mississippi River. Increase Atchafalaya to Terrebonne Marshes project which would dredge the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to increase the flow of water from the Atchafalaya east into the Terrebonne Basin.Two projects that would help restore and maintain swamp habitat are: The loss of this important habitat is not inevitable. Restoring Louisiana’s Swamps for the Long-Term Warning: some images may be frightening to young children. KATC’s Daniel Phillips and Katie Lopez met with an expert in the legend of the Rougarou to talk about how the creature came to be and the creature’s purpose.
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