Bayou Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation
The Freshwater Bayou Canal provides major shipping access from the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana’s Intracoastal Waterway. Wakes from vessels traveling the canal have eroded the shoreline, exposing interior marshes to increased saltwater intrusion, wake impact and tidal scour, which, in turn, have depleted organic marsh soils and destroyed vegetation. GeoEngineers provided a comprehensive geotechnical […]
East Orleans Landbridge Shoreline Protection
Over the past 50 years, Louisiana has lost more than 1,300 square miles of land to coastal erosion. The causes of this loss are varied and are due to both natural processes, such as hurricanes, and human activities, such as levee and canal construction. In 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita dramatically accelerated land loss in […]