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Creole Marsh

Implementing Organization

Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$1,000,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$2,200,000

Funding Organization

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Funding Program

North American Wetlands Conservation Act NAWCA

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Habitat Restoration and Enhancement

Targeted Resources

Infrastructure

Project Description

This project will benefit 11,212 acres of waterfowl habitat through the replacement and/or refurbishment of half of a large water control structure that provides marsh management and salinity control of a large tract of critical privately owned coastal marsh in SW Louisiana. This structure will also greatly facilitate drainage during extreme high water events, such as storm events, when it is critical to stop the entry, or in the event of coastal flooding, to remove saltwater in a timely fashion. This will be especially important to the marsh vegetation but also the forested habitat. Wetland restoration and enhancement activities included in this proposal will restore natural conditions and enhance the quality of wintering, breeding and migration habitat available to waterfowl and other wetland-dependent migratory birds that utilize the Chenier Plain. These activities will increase foraging opportunities for waterfowl, shorebirds, waterbirds and landbirds that regularly use coastal wetland habitats in southwest Louisiana.

Contact

Mike Carloss
None
mcarloss@ducks.org
Project Website
Project Partners

Cameron Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 4, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Affiliated Institutions

GULF COAST - BCR 37-Gulf Coastal Prairie

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