Bayou La Branche Wetlands Restoration (St. Charles Parish)

Bayou La Branche, originally a brackish marshland, was levied and pumped into farmland before flooded into a large, open-water pond after the 1915 Hurricane. USACE and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources aimed to re-create the marsh habitat with an area of 70% land and 30% water within 5 years of construction. In 1993-1994, about 2.7 million cubic yards of sediment were taken from Lake Pontchartrain and put into Bayou La Branche. By 1997, 300 acres of open water had been converted to land (80% land, 20% water), successfully creating approximately 305 acres of shallow water habitat. The project was funded $3.82 million dollar by the Breaux Act.