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Our Louisiana is blessed with an abundance of natural
resources. Approximately 40 percent of the coastal
wetlands of the lower 48 states is located in Louisiana.
This fragile environment is disappearing at an alarming
rate. Louisiana has lost up to 40 square miles of
marsh a year for several decades ---that's 80 percent of
the nation's annual coastal wetland loss. If the
current rate of loss is not slowed, by the year 2040 an
additional 800,000 acres of wetlands will disappear, and
the Louisiana shoreline will advance inland as much as
33 miles in some areas. This prompted Congress to
pass the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and
Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in 1990. It funds wetland
enhancement projects nationwide, designating
approximately $60 million annually for work in
Louisiana.
For more
information, please visit
www.lacoast.gov
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