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Table of Contents

List of Figures						iii
List of Tables						v
Acknowledgements						vii
Executive Summary						viii
Introduction						2
Louisiana Wetland Functions and Values						4
	Living Resources					4
	Direct Effects on Population and Culture					6
Wetland Loss in Louisiana						8
	History of Wetland Loss					8
	Causes of Wetland Loss in Louisiana					8
	Implications of Wetland Loss					10
The CWPPRA Program						12
	Priority List Projects					12
			Priority Project List Formulation Process			13
			Public Involvement			14
		CWPPRA Monitoring Program				16
			Monitoring Program Mission and Goals			16
			Monitoring Coordination			16
			Project Evaluation			17
		Feasibility Studies				18
			Mississippi River Sediment, Nutrient and Freshwater Redistribution Study			18
			Louisiana Barrier Shoreline Feasibility Study			18
		Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan				18
CWPPRA Restoration Status						20
		Introduction				20
		Active Delta Basins				23
			Mississippi River Delta Basin			24
					Mississippi River Delta Basin Restoration Objectives	24
					CWPPRA Projects in the Mississippi River Delta Basin	24
			Atchafalaya River Delta Basin			27
					Atchafalaya River Delta Basin Restoration Objectives	27
					CWPPRA Projects in the Atchafalaya River Delta Basin	27
		Inactive Deltaic Plain				29
			Pontchartrain Basin			29
					Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Objectives	29
					CWPPRA Projects in the Pontchartrain Basin	31
				Breton Sound Basin		36
					Breton Sound Basin Restoration Objectives	36
					CWPPRA Projects in the Breton Sound Basin	36
				Barataria Basin		38
					Barataria Basin Restoration Objectives	38
					CWPPRA Projects in the Barataria Basin	39
				Terrebonne Basin		42
					Terrebonne Basin Restoration Objectives	42
					CWPPRA Projects in the Terrebonne Basin	43
		Chenier Plain				48
			Teche/Vermilion Basin			48
					Teche/Vermilion Basin Restoration Objectives	48
					CWPPRA Projects in the Teche/Vermilion Basin	48
			Mermentau Basin			54
					Restoration Objectives in the Mermentau Basin	54
					CWPPRA Projects in the Mermentau Basin	54
			Calcasieu/Sabine Basin			61
					Calcasieu/Sabine Basin Restoration Objectives	61
					CWPPRA Projects in the Calcasieu/Sabine Basin	62
Conclusions						72
		Priority Project List Formulation Process				72
		CWPPRA Monitoring Program				73
		CWPPRA Future in Louisiana				73
References						74

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