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Failure Locations. LSU –Hurricane Center. Central Wetlands/Violet. Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Atchafalaya Third Outlet. Myrtle Grove. Lower River. Central Wetlands/Violet. Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Atchafalaya Third Outlet. Myrtle Grove. Lower River. Ultimate Objectives.
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Failure Locations LSU –Hurricane Center
Central Wetlands/Violet Mississippi River Gulf Outlet AtchafalayaThird Outlet Myrtle Grove Lower River
Central Wetlands/Violet Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Atchafalaya Third Outlet Myrtle Grove Lower River
Ultimate Objectives • Ensure a safe, sustainable and working coastal Louisiana and a restored, healthy, Mississippi River Delta ecosystem resilient to the effects of climate change. • MRGO/Central Wetlands • Atchafalaya • Lower River Re-design
Three-year Outcomes • Design and initiation of the bold, large-scale projects necessary to restore the natural function of the MI River land-building process; • Approval and funding of a balanced hurricane protection and restoration plan for coastal LA that allows communities and businesses to thrive and the ecosystem to flourish • Creation of sustained national and state political will necessary to ensure that the projects and the plan become reality.
Central Wetlands/Violet Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Atchafalaya Third Outlet Myrtle Grove Central Wetlands Lower River
Central Wetlands/Violet Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Atchafalaya Third Outlet Myrtle Grove Modeling for Ecosystem Function Lower River
Central Wetlands/Violet Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Atchafalaya Third Outlet Myrtle Grove Large Scale Diversions Lower River