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Citations

http://www2.southeastern.edu/orgs/oilspill/wetlands.html

http://www.restoreorretreat.org/la_erosion_facts.php

Land Loss Predictions

At the current land loss rates, nearly 640,000 acres by 2050.

Economic Impact

LA's coast is a "working coast," supporting critical inferstructrue such as highway, ports, pipelines, and navigational water ways. With out coastal resteration people and bisnesses will be forced to leave coastal Louisiana, resulting in severe economic consequences to the nation.

Efforts to Fix

Rocks are placed at the bays all over in order to prevent the waves breaking down the soil.

Causes of Erosion in Louisiana

LA is losing 25 to 35 square miles of wetland per year and the highest rates are occurring in the Barataria and Terrebonne basins at 10 and 11 square miles per year due to the fact of all the swamp land we have as well as all the hurricanes a year that occur.

Louisiana Soil Erosion

Grayden Dequeant & Taya Ryanne

9/8/14

6th period

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