Closure of the Grand Bayou Boat Bay

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Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Land loss is directly due to humans influencing the flow of water and sediment. If 'we' undo what we have done since the 1930s the problem will fix itself, but unfortunately there are too many stakeholders in it to get this accomplished. You could cut three holes in the MS River levee and stop the erosion. South of Venice this year there were hundreds of acres of land BUILT due to the freshwater and sediment influx from opening the freshwater diversions. It is very simple how to fix the problem. Louisiana will soon be getting a big chunk of money towards coastal land loss. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a horrible environmental disaster we may never know the total effects of, but it shed light on the coast and we are finally going to get some funding and start to try and slow the erosion process and perhaps stop the net land loss in the foreseeable future. Check out the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan and there are places for people to comment. It is not a magic bullet, and there are going to be some upset stakeholders, but its a start.

This is the truth.