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East Timbalier Island Restoration Project
East Timbalier Island Restoration Project
East Timbalier is a 400-acre island in LaFourche Parish, Louisiana and is part of an island chain that fronts Terrebonne/Timbalier Bay. Construction on East Timbalier was completed in December 1999 and involved the creation of emergent habitat to increase the longevity of the island using soft-structural techniques (sand placement) and hard structures (rubble mound revetment) where shoreline stabilization was needed. Almost three million cubic yards of sediment were utilized to establish a 200-foot wide dune and a 600-foot wide marsh along the length of the island. This created 170 acres of intertidal marsh and is helping to protect thousands of acres of existing fringing marsh to the north. To further stabilize the dredged sediments, 13,000 feet of sand fences and approximately 20,000 plugs of marsh grasses were added in May 2000 and June 2001 respectively.
East Timbalier Island Restoration Project
Timbalier Island Restoration Project
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A bird's eye view of sediment being pumped onto the marsh platform. This imagewas used in the NOAA Restoration Center brochure that was published in May 2001.
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An extreme close up view of sediment being pumped onto the marsh platform.
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Sediment spews onto the marsh platform, the containment dike is clearly seen inthe background.
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An aerial view from the west end looking at the first part of the project.
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A remote aerial view of the Beach Builder.
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An aerial close-up view of the Beach Builder.
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The Beach Builder at work.
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The Beach Builder.
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A support tug underway, the tug ferried people and supplies to and from therestoration site and moved the dredge as needed.
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A view of the radio tower on the east end of East Timbalier Island.
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Open water surrounds East Timbalier Island.
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A dramatic image shows the delivery of sediment to East Timbalier Island.
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This image shows the effect the sediment is having at East Timbalier island.The original footprint of the island is slowly being rebuilt.
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The hydraulic dredge, the beach builder.
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