Tom's Bayou
Implementing Organization
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$761,675
Known Leveraged Funding
$2,165,090
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
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
An estimated 25 percent of coastal marsh within the Louisiana Chenier Plain has been lost through conversion to open water, diminishing wetland values and functions through saltwater intrusion. This project will protect existing healthy marsh from extended periods of high salinity or high water levels, and help restore degraded marsh to benefit all marsh-associated species of birds, fish and other wildlife by restoring the hydrology on 7,500 acres of estuarine intertidal wetlands in Vermilion Parish. The project will also restore approximately 5 miles of coastal shoreline using dredge sands from nearly 20 miles offshore in Cameron Parish, resulting in 1,316 (937 wetland, 379 upland) acres of improved coastal marsh habitat. Species that will benefit from this restoration effort include the Interior Least Tern, Piping Plover and Peregrine Falcon. Maintaining the ecological functionality of coastal wetlands provides societal benefits because wetlands store storm surge from major tropical storms, and filter nutrients from runoff.
Contact
Jerry HoldenNone
jholden@ducks.org
Project Website
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Wetlands America Trust), Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Restoration. 7,500 acres westland. 5 miles coastal shoreline and 1,316 acres improved coastal marsh habitat. 8816 acres impacted in total