re: Planned freshwater diversions will doom LA salt fishing

Fact-river delta unimpeded by levees will build marsh if it is allowed to carry a sediment load. The reason the Caenarvon and Davis pond projects do poorly is they are in place to maintain salinity. Davis pond was actually building land very fast and they shut it down and redesigned it because the oyster guys were bitching. Fact-shellfish landings following a major flood are historically at record levels the next year.

All those areas like Oak River were once huge oak groves. If they were still in place the land loss would be near the level it is with just the floatant. I'm all for using a dredge to kick start these areas the sediment diversions are planned. Then plant and expand annually and when a 100 year flood comes open those bays up and throw key away until it recedes oyster guys be damn. Then we will do some land building. Nungassers guy had a plan to do something similar.