COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024

No Name Bayou Marsh Creation & Nourishment

PROJECT DATA

PROJECT: No Name Bayou Marsh Creation & Nourishment
PRIORITY LIST: 24 PROJECT NO: 000 CWPPRA NO: BS-78 DNR NO: CS-78
PROJECT TYPE: Marsh Creation NET ACRES BENEFITTED: 468
REGION: 4 BASIN: Calcasieu/Sabine PARISH: Cameron
LEAD AGENCY: NMFS
LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA

MILESTONES:

CSA EXECUTION:    
DESIGN COMPLETION:    
CONSTRUCTION START:    
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION:    
ESCROW AMENDMENT No:
MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL:    
O and M PLAN APPROVAL:    
DEAUTHORIZATION DATE:      
CASH FLOW PROECTS:        
Phase 1 Approval: 22-Jan-2015 ( Actual )    
Phase 2 Approval:    

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:
STATE SENATE DISTRICT:
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT:

Point of Contact:

DEPT. OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

John Foret

646 Cajundome Boulevard

Lafayette, LA 70506
PHONES:  
Office: (337) 291-2107
Fax: (337) 291-2106

COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024

No Name Bayou Marsh Creation & Nourishment

PROJECT LOCATION:

The project area is located south of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish, approximately two miles north of Cameron, LA. The project is within the Cameron-Creole Watershed Management Area which uses a levee and five large concrete water control structures to manage the unit and protect approximately 64,000 acres from saltwater intrusion.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Marshes in the southwest portion of the Cameron Creole Watershed have converted to open water due to subsidence and saltwater intrusion from the Calcasieu Ship Channel. In addition, hurricanes previously breached the levee, scouring the marsh and increasing salinities. This project would create and nourish approximately 537 acres of open water and saline marsh using sediment mined from Calcasieu Lake.

PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 10-Jul-2023 )

Approved for Phase 2 Construction in January 2022

FUND STATUS:

The current project estimate is $29,747,345 , which includes $28,719,817 for construction first costs, and $163,381 and $864,147 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.

LaCoast.gov Project Managers' Technical Factsheet