Coastal Protection

In January 2021, Civil Engineering, the magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), published a thorough article about the massive land-saving project along the 26.5 mile section – with an emphasis on a specific 9.2 mile stretch of marshland – bordering the Gulf of Mexico in Cameron and Vermillion Parishes.

The Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection project is a restoration campaign conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS). This long-term effort is designed to protect vital marshes and wetlands from further damage.

The Biloxi Marsh project is located along a 7-mile stretch of the southeastern shoreline of Lake Borgne and the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area.