Restore or Retreat : Dedicated to achieving comprehensive Coastal Restoration


2012 Master Plan Louisiana's 2012 Coastal Master Plan » learn more Related Links » 2012 LA Coastal Master Plan Info. » Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration » Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force » Storm Protection & Coastal Restoration: Moving in to the 21st Century - A presentation by Dr. Denise Reed, UNO » Oil Spill News and Updates » Louisiana Coastal Area Study » Projects Under Evaluation for LA 2012 Coastal Master Plan (map). » Projects Under Evaluation for LA 2012 Coastal Master Plan (list). » Coastal wetlands flooding in southeast Louisiana, pre- and post-Katrina. »How Are Louisiana Wetlands Changing? 2011 USGS Landloss Data Phase 1: Reconnaissance-level Evaluation of the Third Delta Conveyance Channel Project Final Report / June 2004 » Download PDF here [ 88.5 Mb ] Phase 2: Reconnaissance-level Evaluation of the Third Delta Conveyance Channel Project Final Report / March 2007 » Download PDF [ 50.1 Mb ]	About Us Our Mission Board of Directors Executive Committee Member List The Crisis Coastal Erosion Facts and Figures Coastal Quiz Solutions Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Mississippi River Water Reintroduction into Bayou Lafourche Third Delta Conveyance Channel News & Events Membership & Donations Ways to Give What percentage of federal fines paid as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should be dedicated to restoration of coastal wetlands in Louisiana and other oil spill-impacted states? 100 % 50% or more less than 50 % None For thousands of years, the rich sediment of the Mississippi River and its tributaries built the fertile delta of South Louisiana. The construction of levees began in 1930 to harness the river for navigation and prevent seasonal flooding, but they also had one devastating result. Levees literally choked the very life out of nature's delta-building process and left the coastline of South Louisiana at risk to the encroaching waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Over the past seventy years, Louisiana has lost over 1,500 square miles of marsh, and is still losing 25 to 30 square miles each year, nearly a football field of beneficial wetlands every 30 minutes. Two of the most rapidly eroding estuaries on the earth are right here in Southeast Louisiana--the Barataria and Terrebonne basins--and we stand to lose much more than the soil beneath our feet. These basins produce 30 percent of the nation's seafood production, provide wintering habitat for migratory waterfowl, serve as the entry point for 18 percent of America's foreign and domestic energy supply, and have produced a unique South Louisiana culture closely tied to its homeland. Understanding that an economic and ecological travesty is occurring, the concerned members of Restore or Retreat seek to identify, expedite and aggressively engage solutions to urgently achieve comprehensive coastal restoration. Louisiana Wetland Loss is America's Wetland Loss [ Home ][ About Us ][ The Crisis ][ A Solution ][ News ][ Membership/Donations ][ Contact ] © Restore or Retreat, Inc. P.O. Box 2048-NSU Thibodaux, La 70310 985.448.4485 Site Design by GbStyle and