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Marsh creation closes 2000 acres of Bayou Sauvage wildlife refuge in NOLA
Posted on 9/6/16 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 9/6/16 at 4:45 pm
Teal season closed until Sept. 2018 in this area
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has closed a popular teal-hunting area in a New Orleans wildlife refuge for a project to make new marshland in lakes created by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana's teal season opens Saturday.
The manager of the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge says the Army Corps of Engineers will pump sediment from Lake Pontchartrain to create 147 acres of brackish marsh, much of it outside the hurricane protection levee.
Shelley Stiaes says nearly 2,000 acres between Irish Bayou Straight Canal and Chef Pass were closed last Wednesday and will remain closed through September 2018. That's about 8 percent of the refuge's total acreage.
She says the Corps is compensating for refuge habitat lost to levee work along the lake after the 2005 hurricane.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it has closed a popular teal-hunting area in a New Orleans wildlife refuge for a project to make new marshland in lakes created by Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana's teal season opens Saturday.
The manager of the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge says the Army Corps of Engineers will pump sediment from Lake Pontchartrain to create 147 acres of brackish marsh, much of it outside the hurricane protection levee.
Shelley Stiaes says nearly 2,000 acres between Irish Bayou Straight Canal and Chef Pass were closed last Wednesday and will remain closed through September 2018. That's about 8 percent of the refuge's total acreage.
She says the Corps is compensating for refuge habitat lost to levee work along the lake after the 2005 hurricane.
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Posted on 9/6/16 at 5:05 pm to ihometiger
Close 2000ac to create 147ac of marsh? I don't get that. Good to see they are actually putting plans into action.
I really wish the Lake P and Maurepas swamps and marshes would get rebuilt quickly. No idea how those projects are coming along
I really wish the Lake P and Maurepas swamps and marshes would get rebuilt quickly. No idea how those projects are coming along
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:14 pm to Hammertime
unpopular with many, but id love to see the river open up into the maurepas swamp. It's the only way that area will ever get right or close to right. I know there are some plans to do it, but I'm uncertain of the progress.
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:19 pm to Manchac Man
It definitely got some sediment twice this year, but as far as something permanent, who knows how it is going
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:32 pm to ihometiger
the whole idea of filling in lakes to make a marsh is a pretty damn strange idea to me... 
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:33 pm to Spankum
Why
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:54 pm to jimbeam
Does anyone know the name of the project or where I can acquire more information on what they are planning to do in this area?
I grew up on Irish Bayou so i am very curious how / what they are planning out there.
They have been trying (and failing) for years to protect that stretch of land using Christmas trees in fencing, placing large stretches of rocks and a few other things. I think just pumping mud in and filling it in, especially if they can build ridges high enough for mung trees and possibly others to take root might actually slow down the erosion.
@jimbeam - for the why, the marsh is about a ~mile or two wide from the levee out to Lake Pontchartrain. Over my lifetime i have seen it erode back every year by a foot or two and with storms you could see 3-6 foot of loss. Katrina, Lily and Isador just about wiped it away and it is withering out especially now that more tidal flowing channels are cutting away at it in addition to the daily waves and yearly storms. Going back 20 years or so when I spent my time boating back there the marsh had very few channels that went to the lake and was a 'dense marsh' with blind ponds that did not connect to anything. The marsh held a much fresher water (very low salinity and root beer in color in the back areas). The result was that it was very rich in aquatic vegetation and as a result held an enormous amount of ducks in the refuge during the winter. Over the past decade or so the numbers of ducks have plummeted. My assumption is that they are trying to restore this land in the refuge for that purpose. (i could be completely wrong this is just my assumption of the efforts)
I grew up on Irish Bayou so i am very curious how / what they are planning out there.
They have been trying (and failing) for years to protect that stretch of land using Christmas trees in fencing, placing large stretches of rocks and a few other things. I think just pumping mud in and filling it in, especially if they can build ridges high enough for mung trees and possibly others to take root might actually slow down the erosion.
@jimbeam - for the why, the marsh is about a ~mile or two wide from the levee out to Lake Pontchartrain. Over my lifetime i have seen it erode back every year by a foot or two and with storms you could see 3-6 foot of loss. Katrina, Lily and Isador just about wiped it away and it is withering out especially now that more tidal flowing channels are cutting away at it in addition to the daily waves and yearly storms. Going back 20 years or so when I spent my time boating back there the marsh had very few channels that went to the lake and was a 'dense marsh' with blind ponds that did not connect to anything. The marsh held a much fresher water (very low salinity and root beer in color in the back areas). The result was that it was very rich in aquatic vegetation and as a result held an enormous amount of ducks in the refuge during the winter. Over the past decade or so the numbers of ducks have plummeted. My assumption is that they are trying to restore this land in the refuge for that purpose. (i could be completely wrong this is just my assumption of the efforts)
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:55 pm to computerguy
I was referring to Spankums post 
Posted on 9/6/16 at 7:58 pm to Spankum
Maybe because it was Marah before?
Just throwing that out there...
Just throwing that out there...
Posted on 9/6/16 at 10:06 pm to jimbeam
@jimbeam - point taken
@spankum the marsh in the refuge is washing away west of the Irish channel a restoration could restore duck habitat very quickly - as of today much is lost each year
@spankum the marsh in the refuge is washing away west of the Irish channel a restoration could restore duck habitat very quickly - as of today much is lost each year
Posted on 9/6/16 at 10:14 pm to computerguy
I'm getting my masters in coastal eng trust me I know the issues 
And why you would fill in a lake lol
And why you would fill in a lake lol
This post was edited on 9/6/16 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 9/6/16 at 11:02 pm to ihometiger
The CRCL has been planting the hell out of that area with marsh grass (bulrush) over the past year. It was pretty crazy going out there and having such a large area covered with water and it all being between 3-12 inches deep.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 6:27 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Many many years ago as a kid, that was one of the hottest places to teal hunt. That was way before it became a WMA.
Posted on 9/7/16 at 9:23 am to jimbeam
I'm getting my masters in coastal eng trust me I know the issues
And why you would fill in a lake lol
This is reassuring, can you not grasp te fact that the "Lake" was once marsh before the hurricane ???
And why you would fill in a lake lol
This is reassuring, can you not grasp te fact that the "Lake" was once marsh before the hurricane ???
Posted on 9/7/16 at 9:28 am to rilesrick
quote:
This is reassuring, can you not grasp te fact that the "Lake" was once marsh before the hurricane ???
read it again
Posted on 9/7/16 at 9:34 am to rilesrick
Sigh
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:05 am to computerguy
quote:
Does anyone know the name of the project or where I can acquire more information on what they are planning to do in this area?
See my post here from a couple weeks ago. In my first post there's a link to a thread on another forum that then has links to the project and it's proposals..
This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 11:06 am
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