TABLE 2
Summary of acreage created/restored, protected and enhanced and associated costs for CWPPRA restoration projects (Lists I-VI) in Louisianašs coastal zone. Anticipated acreages are exclusive of any benefits associated with demonstration projects and benefits attributed to projects currently undergoing deauthorization.
Louisiana Coastal Region / Basin |
Number of Authorized CWPPRA Projects (Non-Demonstration) |
Number of CWPPRA Demonstration Projects |
Number of CWPPRA Projects Undergoing Formal Deauthorization |
Anticipated Acreage Created / Restored and Protected1 |
Anticipated Acreage Created/ Restored, Protected, and Enhanced2 |
Total fully funded cost ($ over 20-yr) |
Active Delta Basins |
6 |
2 |
0 |
17,988 |
24,825 |
$35,695,466 |
Mississippi River Delta |
4 |
2 |
0 |
14,196 |
20,687 |
$30,617,250 |
Atchafalaya River Delta |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3,792 |
4,138 |
$5,078,216 |
Inactive Delta Basins |
35 |
6 |
3 |
29,914 |
629,172 |
$131,437,704 |
Pontchartrain |
7 |
1 |
1 |
5,274 |
36.934 |
$14,906,400 |
Breton Sound |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1,483 |
36,032 |
$5,876,629 |
Barataria |
11 |
0 |
1 |
15,102 |
128,876 |
$30,964,092 |
Terrebonne |
14 |
4 |
1 |
8,055 |
427,330 |
$79,690,583 |
Chenier Plain Basins |
21 |
5 |
1 |
25,785 |
225,431 |
$59,625,897 |
Teche / Vermilion |
7 |
1 |
0 |
5,674 |
47,794 |
$19,034,318 |
Mermentau |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2,351 |
36,468 |
$8,248,811 |
Calcasieu / Sabine |
11 |
3 |
0 |
17,760 |
141,169 |
$32,342,768 |
GRAND TOTAL |
62 |
14 |
4 |
73,687 |
879,428 |
$226,759,067 |
1 indicates acreage which offsets land loss.
2 indicates acreage which offsets land loss and which benefits in other ways (is enhanced) from CWPPRA projects.
* includes project CW-7 from PPL VI which is coastwide and spans across all the basins.