I will respectfully disagree. Again, it is dependent on planning. I have seen revegetation projects restore several acres of Marsh and that Marsh sustained itself. Yes, compared to freshwater and sediment reintroduction the likes of what you would see if the levees were removed, it is "temporary". But it is very effective.
When talking about the effects of the levees, there is one thing to keep in mind. Some of that area would have eventually subsided anyway, because the river was shifting. All the area east of New Orleans would have lost a majority of its sediment source when the river shifted its flow down the current atchafalaya river.
I go to work everyday knowing that its a bandaid on a canyon. We are losing Marsh faster than we restore it, but I still go to work and do what I can. I love this state and at the end of the day, that's why I keep at these efforts that people deem "ineffective".
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