Dreged Sediment Reverses Land Loss
Creating marsh to Rebuild Louisiana's Coast

• Engineers Build Land with Dredged Sediment
  Marsh Creation as a Coastal Restoration Strategy
• Sediment Particles Serve as Wetlands’ Building Blocks
  The Nitty-Gritty of Silt, Sand and Clay
• Building Land in Months, Not Millennia
  Marsh Creation Replaces Open Water With New Land
• Notes from Little Lake and Chaland Headland
  Field Lessons in Marsh Creation
• WaterMarks Interview with Ancil Taylor
• Property Owners Propose Sites for Marsh Creation
  Louisiana Landowners Help Rebuild Wetlands

For more information about Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and the efforts planned and under way to ensure their survival, check out these sites on the World Wide Web:

www.lacoast.gov	www.dnr.state.la.us/crm
www.btnep.org	www.crcl.org
www.lca.gov	www.louisianacoastalplanning.org

[ The CPRA Web site is now at http://www.lacpra.org/ ]

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WaterMarks is published three times a year by the Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force to communicate news and issues of interest related to the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act of 1990. This legislation funds wetlands restoration and enhancement projects nationwide, designating approximately $60 million annually for work in Louisiana. The state contributes 15 percent of total project costs.

WaterMarks Editor
Gordon Newton
3737 Government Street
Alexandria, LA 71302
(318) 473-7739
Gordon.Newton@la.usda.gov