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Maurepas Swamp
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Update On Ecological Health of the Maurepas Swamp: Dr. Gary Shaffer and his colleagues at Southeastern Louisiana University and LSU have completed an update of their multi-year research into the health of the Maurepas Swamp. The detailed report entitled Ecosystems Health of the Maurepas Swamp: Feasibility and Projected Benefits of a Freshwater Diversion, updates and confirms previous findings, including the fact that the swamp is converting to open water and fresh marsh. The report indicates that a freshwater diversion from the Mississippi River would help reverse the trend.
Development Plan for a Diversion into Maurepas Swamp
Water Quality & Hydrologic Modeling Components - September 2004
(Prepared for: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, UNDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT X-986946-01
By: John W. Day, Jr., G. Paul Kemp, Hassan S. Mashriqui, Robert R. Lane, Dane Dartez, and Robert Cunningham, Louisiana State University)
- Report (pdf)
Phase 1 Assessment of Potential Water Qulaity and Ecological Risk and Benefits from a Proposed Reintroduction of Mississippi River Wtater into the Maurepas Swamp - October 2005 (3,433 kb ".pdf" file) (EPA Contract Number: 68-C-03-041, Work Assignment Number 2-32)
- Attachment 1: LDEQ/LDHH Fish Consumption Advisory Area-Blind River(640 kb ".pdf" file)
- Attachment 2: Mercury Concentration in Fish Tissue
- Appendix A: Screening-Level Ecological Risk Assessment
- Project Managers:
- Kenneth Teague - Environmental Protection Agency; (214) 665-6687; Teague.Kenneth@epa.gov
- Chris Williams - Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; (225) 342-7549; chrisw@dnr.state.la.us
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Newsletters
- February 2005(pdf)
- Status Report
- Fact Sheet
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS (pdf)
- In the NewsWork Resumes to Save Maurepas Swamps
- Slide Show - 4/30/02(pdf)
Maurepas Map
