Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration News
September 2008, Number 38
Cheniers and Ridges Provide Habitat and Protection
Bones of the Coastal Landscape
- Cheniers, Natual Levees And Spoil Banks
The Value of High Ground in a Coastal Landscape - Louisiana's Cheniers and Natual Levees
High Ground Provides Vital Habitat, Defends Against Storms - Beach Restoration Saves a Chenier
- Forests Get a Helping Hand
- Restoring Ridges to Protect and Preserve Coastal Habitat
- WaterMarks Interview with Garret Graves
- Songbird Migration a Hemispheric-scale Phenomenon
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.btnep.org |
| www.lacpra.org | www.crcl.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
Stuart Lee
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About This Issue’s Cover . . .
Cheniers and natural levees rise out of the wetlands and provide upland habitat for flora, fauna and human populations. Only a few feet of elevation distinguish much of the high ground in coastal Louisiana, but even modest heights are sufficient to host vegetation different from that in surrounding marshes and to support agriculture, buildings, highways and other development.
Photo of Hackberry Ridge, courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey