Identify the many dredged and abandoned canals threatening tribal sacred sites, discern places that can be restored or conserved, and recognize those that have passed their survival tipping points. Project will result in reduced land loss, preserve sacred places and safe-havens, and restore overland flow and some below-ground flows in coastal marshes by placing plugs in abandoned canals, and removing spoil banks.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
National Coastal Resilience Fund
Project Title: Protecting Sacred Sites and Building Community Resilience through Strengthening Marshes (LA)
Organization:
Lowlander Center
Project ID:
0318.20.069023
Description:
Award Amount:
$112006.00
Location:
Grand Bayou, Grand Caillou/Dulac, and Pointe-au-Chien Tribes , Plaquemines Parish, Terrebonne Parish , and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.