State and federal authorities in Louisiana celebrated breaking ground on an ambitious $330 million conservation project ...
Mississippi River water down a 5½-mile channel, and save a dying ecosystem in the process. The $330 million Maurepas Swamp ...
Ground was broken Tuesday, December 3, on a project to help revitalize the Maurepas Swamp’s more than 45,000 acres.
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Coastal restoration effort to plant thousands of trees in Maurepas swampToday the state is breaking ground on the Maurepas Swamp Project in St. John the Baptist Parish. A freshwater divergence that will reconnect the Mississippi River to Maurepas Swamp.
Reconnecting the dying swamp to fresh river water is vital for the health of the swamp’s cypress-tupelo forest, which ...
The project will reunite one of the largest forested wetlands in the nation with the Mississippi River more than 80 years ...
which entirely changed the swamp ecosystem. In the drainage area, groundwater levels fell and moisture decreased as well. As a result, the unique wetland vegetation began to disappear and was ...
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