Old River Mitigation Bank (Prien Lake)

[drjay]

Hopefully this is not a re-post, but I first heard of this when I saw an add opposing this in my mailbox yesterday.

I'd love to hear some opinions on the potential impact of filling in this flat?

http://140.194.100.31/OPS/REGULATORY...0102966dwg.PDF

[cmdrost]

SWLA area needs more wetlands restoration projects like this.

[Purple Back]

Many people are fighting it....

[drjay]

On the surface, I agree with cmdrost. Based on the satellite photos, it seems like they are just restoring the area to it's original state which was marsh. The mail-out (opposition) makes it sound like the work of the devil. I'm sure the dollar signs are involved in some way, but I'm not sure how. I suspect that someone is going to lose a waterfront view, but that is only speculation.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by drjay

On the surface, I agree with cmdrost. Based on the satellite photos, it seems like they are just restoring the area to it's original state which was marsh. The mail-out (opposition) makes it sound like the work of the devil. I'm sure the dollar signs are involved in some way, but I'm not sure how. I suspect that someone is going to lose a waterfront view, but that is only speculation.

That's it in a nutsack DrJay, doubt any of the homeowners have a contract that says waterfront property. They are fighting the Corps of Engineers so I would bet they will loose in the end.

["W"]

Good....We need some weirs up north....Keep the bank burning down on the east bank

[Purple Back]

I do not know the particulars. I was ask to sign a letter that was against it. I used to fish back there a little.....

I wonder what happens to the guys who have yachts back there?

[cmdrost]

I would assume they have to leave an access canal for the homeowners.

[adamsfence]

bet if it was yalls waterfront that you paid for yall wouldn't be so excited about this.....i know i would be pissed after i built my house on the water and they gonna fill it in and all i would have is a canal

[BigChaf]

Is that the same homes that were built on top of the old city dump, before the EPA monitored dumps.

[cmdrost]

Not really....it is "dump" land anyway.

[Duck Butter]

On paper this is an excellent project.

2 questions though

Are there houses there?

Who is paying for this?

I know a little about mitigation banks, this company is not funding this though i can guarantee that.

[Gottogo49]

The link died on me,
I would like to know more about where it is and what they plan to do.
It sounds like the marsh West of the old dump area.
In general, I have seen several of the Corps "Marsh Restoration Projects".
They take existing marsh, levee it off and pump it full of dredge material.
I think that we need the existing shallow, marshy areas as a nursery for fish, shrimp, and crabs. What is left after the Corps is done is not good for anything except maybe wading birds. Check out the area North of Hog Island Gully or any of the spoil banks along the ship channel. Just my 2c. I don't know what the Corps is actually proposing but I know what they have done in the past.

[drjay]

Yes....it is the flats area south and west of the "dump". There are several houses that will be affected including those on the "dump" and those in the south portion of Geddings.

[Duck Butter]

I do not know enough about the area or this project, but if you truly want to restore something the way it naturally was in the past, then weir(s) are not the way to go. I doubt Hernando de Soto or Columbus ran across many wiers on their voyage here

[Micah]

There is a video on KPLC, been up for a couple of days now.

[cmdrost]

Citgo needs to dredge out by their docks to allow ships in. This is where they want to dump dredge spoil. Citgo funding this project.

[I make oil]

How is restoring any land bad in Louisiana?

[Gottogo49]

Originally Posted by I make oil

How is restoring any land bad in Louisiana?

When you take viable marsh land and turn it into a dry mud flat (land), that is bad.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Gottogo49

When you take viable marsh land and turn it into a dry mud flat (land), that is bad.

I thought it was open water and they are going to build it up and plant grasses?