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POINT AU FER HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION PROJECT
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Point au Fer Hydrologic Restoration Project
Point au Fer Hydrologic Restoration Project
Point au Fer Island is located in western Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The restoration project is divided into two locations in saline and brackish marshes on the southeastern and southwestern portions of the islands. Seven canal plugs were constructed in the pipeline canals between Mosquito Bay and Bay Castagnier and in the north-south pipeline canal between Mosquito Bayou and the Gulf of Mexico in November 1995. Four plugs were constructed in the east-to west canal linking Mosquito Bay and Bay Castagnier to restore historic water flows across the island. In addition to the construction of the plugs, riprap was placed along a 3600-foot long stretch of shoreline to slow shoreline erosion and prevent breaching by the Gulf of Mexico. The construction phase of this project was completed in May 1997.
Point au Fer Hydrologic Restoration Project
Restoration
A view of the southeast end of the project area looking up at the beach.
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A view from canal side of the final placement of rock.
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A view from the canal side of final placement of rock.
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Southeast view from the stub canal toward the final construction site.
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Southeast view from the stub canal toward the final construction site.
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Rock in front of the stub canal.
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A northwest view from the stub canal toward the end of the project area.
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A northwest view from the stub canal toward the end of the project area.
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A view of the stub canal from the beach.
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A close-up view, from the southeast, of the final construction site.
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A southeast view of the northwest end of the project area at the stub canal.
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A southeast view of the northwest end of the project area at the stub canal.
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A view from the Mobile Canal of a back hoe placing rock at the narrow beach.
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A view from Mobile Canal toward the Gulf of Mexico, rock on the beach.
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Vincent Cheramie, monitoring manager, and Brian Kendrick, project manager atMobile Canal, Point Au Fer Island. View from east to west.
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David Burkholder, project manager, Lake Chapeau. The image is taken at Point AuFer from west to east at the breach area.
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Vincent Cheramie, monitoring manager for Point Au Fer, and Eric Web,monitoring supervisor, Thibodaux, Louisiana. The view is from the west to eastat the breach.
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David Burkholder, project manager, Lake Chapeau; Eric Web, monitoring supervisorall projects; and Vincent Cheramie, monitoring manager. The view is from west toeast at the breach, Point Au Fer.
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The old beach at Point Au Fer.
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The old beach at Point Au Fer.
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