User:Jbyrd8/LA Wetland edits

Outline

History of deltaic plain sedimentation - how LA was formed
 * New Orleans founded
 * Corps "levees only" policy
 * Great flood of 1927

Reasons for loss
 * Subsidence
 * sea level rise
 * oil and gas canals
 * navigational channels
 * levees
 * diversions that trap sediment
 * nutria

Benefits of wetlands
 * habitat
 * commercial fishing industry
 * water filtration
 * flood control capacity
 * storm buffer

Restoration
 * marsh plantings
 * dredging sediments to form new land
 * island fencing
 * christmas tree carre's
 * Sustainable Louisiana 2050

NGOs of prominence in LA wetlands
 * CRCL
 * Audubon?
 * Nature Conservancy?
 * GRN

Possible illustrations
 * 1) USGS/BTNEP illustrated land loss 1932-2050
 * 2) illustration of sediment deposition
 * 3) if possible, find amount of wetland loss due to each factor (nutria, channelization, salinity intrusion, etc) and make pie chart!

People to possible link with? Mark - accretion Amelia - nutria