Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation (TE-50)
Priority Project List: 13
Sponsors: CPRA, EPA
Parishes: Terrebonne
Reports
2021 Monitoring Close-out Report for Isles Dernieres Restoration Whiskey Island (TE-27) and Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation (TE-50) ProjectsPDF8.4 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program—Mapping habitats in beach, dune, and intertidal environments along the Louisiana Gulf of Mexico shoreline, 2008 and 2015–16: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1030PDF12.4 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program 2015-2019 Coastal Surface-Sediment Characterization Analysis: Regional Sediment Characteristic MapsPDF5.5 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program 2015-2019 Coastal Surface-Sediment Characterization Analysis: Methods and ResultsPDF4.4 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program 2015-2019 Coastal Surface-Sediment Characterization Analysis: Regional Sediment Characteristic Change MapsPDF5.9 MB
Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation Plan for the Whiskey Island Back Barrier Island Marsh Creation Project (TE-50)PDF10.9 MB
TE-50 Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation As-Built DrawingsPDF8.2 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM): Phase 2 – Updated Shoreline Compilation and Change Assessment, 1880s to 2015PDF43.0 MB
State of the Coast 2018: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Barrier Island Restoration in LouisianaPDF6.3 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM) Phase 2 - 2016 Characterization of Surficial Sediments in the Western and Eastern Chenier Plain and Atchafalaya and Wax Lake Delta Regions: Part A - Data Collection, Sample Processing and ProductsPDF627.7 KB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM) Phase 2 - 2015 Characterization of Surficial Sediments in the Early Lafourche Delta, Late Lafourche Delta, Modern Delta, and Chandeleur Islands Regions: Part A - Data Collection, Sample Processing and ProductsPDF717.8 KB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM) Phase 2 - 2015 Characterization of Surficial Sediments in the Early Lafourche Delta, Late Lafourche Delta, Modern Delta, and Chandeleur Islands Regions: Part B – Sediment Sample Distribution MapsPDF1.5 MB
Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICM): Phase 2 - Shoreline Compilation and Change AssessmentPDF
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Project Final Report TE-50PDF19.4 MB
Bathymetric Survey Assessment for Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICMs) --- Raccoon Island to East Timbalier Island, LouisianaPDF
Bathymetric Survey Assessment for Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program (BICMs) --- Raccoon Island to East Timbalier Island, LouisianaPDF
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Vegetative Planting Bid DocumentsPDF135.9 KB
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Vegetative Planting Bid DocumentsPDF162.4 KB
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Vegetative Planting Project Completion ReportPDF2.3 MB
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation U S Army Corps of Engineers Permit MVN 2008-226-CYPDF974.0 KB
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Coastal Zone Consistency C20070623PDF134.5 KB
Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation Bid PackagePDF
TE-50 Project Completion ReportPDF
TE-50 Ecological ReviewPDF1.1 MB
TE-50 Monitoring PlanPDF722.4 KB
Louisiana BICM Volume 1, Part 1: 2005 Post Hurricanes Katrina and Rita PhotographyPDF4.2 MB
Project Manager's Technical Fact Sheet (HTML)html10.0 KB
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Wetland Value Assessment
  • Project Area (acres): 1038
  • Average Annual Habitat Units*: 292
  • Acres Created / Restored: 272
  • Acres Protected: 0
  • Total Net Acres: 272

* Habitat Units represent a numerical combination of habitat quality (Habitat Suitability Index) and habitat quantity (acres) within a given area at a given point in time. Average Annual Habitat Units represent the average number of Habitat Units within any given year over the project life for a given area.

About This Site

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