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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded $660 million to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, ensuring the project is fully funded.
The pieces are falling into place for construction to begin this year on Louisiana’s massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
Louisiana will receive more than $2 billion to pay for an ambitious, first-of-its-kind plan to reconnect the Mississippi River to the degraded marshes on Plaquemines Parish’s west bank.
Over the last 50 years, saltwater intrusion and coastal erosion have turned Lake Borgne and its surrounding areas into swaths of unprotected, open water. But an ongoing $114.6 million Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority project has aimed to recreate that lost land.
Could the Louisiana of 2073 face less flood risk from hurricanes than it does today? According to Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority officials, the answer could be “yes”– if their