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Originally Posted by Jadams
Show me where the weir has done anything to land loss!!! Remember scientific data speaks more than guides a that see it everydat
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The closest I can get to that right now is a land/water analysis on the entire Calcasieu/Sabine Watershed. This is from data available on the CRMS Spatial viewer (
http://lacoast.gov/crms_viewer2/Default.aspx), so if you want to check my numbers, please do so.
The total land area in the watershed in 1956 was 477,929 acres.
The total land area in 1988 (last year pre-weirs) was 370,089 acres.
The total land area in 2008 (last year of quantification) was 344,585.
So from 1956 to 1988, the rate of loss was approximately 3370 acres per year. From 1988 to 2008, the rate of loss was approximately 1275 acres per year.
That is across the entire watershed though. I will see if I can dig up some of the maps I've found that show the differences in land loss, but I'm not sure if I've ever come across any that just specifically analyze the cameron-creole.