Trinity Island, a barrier island, is
eroding away 30-40 feet per year
Last Island, Louisiana
Image#17834 |
This camp once in the marsh is now in the
open waters of Barataria Bay
Four Bayou's , Louisiana
Image#17744 |
Rocks lining GIWW to stop
boat wake erosion
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Image#17649 |
Newly accreted land in the Atchafalaya Bay
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana
Image#14833
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Concrete protection levee on
barrier island beach
Fourchon, Louisiana
Image#15873
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Bald Cypress killed by saltwater intrusion
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Image#10350 |
This thin strip of marsh is all that protects
this small bayou from Vermilion Bay
St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana
Image#17075
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Trinity Island, a barrier island, is
eroding away 30-40 feet per year
Last Island, Louisiana
Image#17838 |
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway's unprotected
left bank is eroding,
rocks protect the right side of the canal
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Image#17636 |
Terracing project to promote marsh grass
growth in eroding marsh
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Image#17643 |
This thin strip of marsh is all that protects
this small bayou from Vermilion Bay
St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana
Image#17078 |
Waves breaking over rock jetties built to
protect shore from erosion
Grand Isle, Louisiana
Image#16779 |
Marsh overgrazed by muskrats
Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Image#15849 |
Bald Cypress swamp killed off by
salt water
intrusion from the|
Mississippi River Gulf Project
Image#12842
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Eroding barrier island.
Note: Black mangroves once protected on this barrier island
are now exposed to the
gulf as this island erodes away.
Chandaleur Island, Louisiana
Image#15817
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Tires put out to control erosion where
two oil field canals meet.
Leeville, Louisiana
Image#13233 |
Rock jetties built to help slow coastal
erosion
Grand Isle, Louisiana
Image#15981
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Little Pass Lighthouse once stood on
Timbalier Barrier Island, since eroded.
This lighthouse was later demolished by waves from Hurricane
Juan.
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Image#14629 |
Private camps with own bulkheads once
surrounded by marsh lands
Grand Isle, Louisiana
Image#20095 |
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Erosion of the marsh has caused this ancient Live Oak to be
exposed to open water
Lake Salvador, Louisiana |
Remnants of marsh sliced up by canals Venice, Louisiana
Image#20466 |
LA Hwy. 82 has been rebuilt on landward
side due to coastal erosion
Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana
Image#15221 |
Live oaks dead due to
subsidence in salt marsh
Chauvin, Louisiana
Image#15877
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Rainbow over dead Oak tree in
an eroding marsh
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Image#14464
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Image#20678
Oil field canals that were once in healthy marsh, very
little is left due to erosion and subsidence
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
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See Also:
Wetlands
Aerials
of Wetlands
Efforts to Save Wetlands
Saltwater Intrusion
Salt
Marsh
Brackish Marsh
Freshwater Marsh
Various Marshes
Effects of Hurricanes on Wetlands
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
Rita |
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