Wetland Watchers July 2015 restoration

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Scott Eustis

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Jul 13, 2015, 1:48:16 AM7/13/15
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###What 

We want to map the St Charles Parish [West LaBranche Shoreline Protection](http://sonris-www.dnr.state.la.us/sundown/cart_prod/cart_cmd_permit.cart_permit_frame?pcup_num=P20110852) Project


This will provide an educational resource, as well as help evaluate the success of the project.

Rock breakwaters are used across the Louisiana coast to prevent horizontal erosion.  There is a need to dredge access channels to place the heavy rocks (unless the rocks are light-loaded, which increases construction costs). Rocks also sink, which decreases the effectiveness of hte engineered breakwater over time, necessitating "lifts"  (putting more rock on top of sinking rock).

However, the need to stop erosion is urgent, and agencies are used to this technique. The shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain is eroding at 5-10 ft a year in this location, and this breakwater and created wetland would slow that loss of land, while building new land. 


###My attempt and results

Dec 2014


weather

###Questions and next steps

###Why I'm interested

This was the [first site that I mapped in 2012.](http://publiclab.org/map/laplace-louisiana-wetlands-watchers/2012-03-06)  this is also useful for Dinah and Barry for Educational purposes, to show the grade schoolers the success of the project.

The baseline data will help evaluate the effectiveness of using heavy rocks as breakwaters. 

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Scott Eustis
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