Wetlands of Louisiana

Atchafalaya Basin

The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".

The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line[1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4).[2] The Deltaic Plain contains numerous barrier islands and headlands, such as the Chandeleur Islands, Barataria Basin Barrier Islands, and Terrebonne Basin Barrier Islands.[3] The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) program, through the NOAA Habitat Conservation National Marine Fisheries Service funded $102 million in construction for deteriorated wetlands and barrier island habitats.[4]

  1. ^ "Department of Natural Resources | State of Louisiana". Dnr.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ Penland, Shea; Ramsey, Karen E. (1990). "Relative Sea-Level Rise in Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico: 1908-1988". Journal of Coastal Research. 6 (2): 323–342. ISSN 0749-0208. JSTOR 4297682.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "NOAA Habitat Conservation | Restoring Barrier Islands in Louisiana". Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-02-28.