This diversion was still in the planning stage. It is described in the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project Scoping Report. Fox News reported that it was canceled because of the cost and the threat to fisheries. Many interest groups touted the…
Category: River Diversions
Louisiana Moves to Terminate Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project
original link – Posted on July 17, 2025 | Louisiana Restoration Area Barataria basin (Photo: Coastal Protection And Restoration Authority) The State of Louisiana, through its Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), has reached an agreement with the Louisiana Trustee Implementation…
Small Scale River Diversions
The Louisiana Coastal Restoration Plan proposes to build a small number of large river diversions. Another approach is to create small breaks in the levees to allow overflow into wetlands during floods that more closely resembles natural processes. This would…
Video – Faults and the Mississippi Delta — Rethinking Coastal Restoration
Also see: Faults Faults and the Mississippi Delta — Rethinking Coastal Restoration This is a 80 minute video of a presentation on the geology of the Mississippi Delta that was presented in a class at the LSU Law School. The speaker…
Restoring the Gulf of Mexico for People and Wildlife – More Climate Change Denial
National Wildlife Federation: Restoring the Gulf of Mexico for People and Wildlife: Recommended Projects and Priorities (2014) [Some of the inland projects do make sense, such as dealing with the water flow into the Everglades. But the coastal projects all…