Pontchartrain Conservancy
Coverage of Pontchartrain Conservancy in the Nexus archive.
- Nearly 1.5M people in Louisiana depend on this strip of marsh. But it needs saving.
The New Orleans Land Bridge, a critical marshland barrier protecting 1.5 million people in Louisiana from storm surges and floods, is rapidly disappearing due to erosion, sinking land, and sea level rise. A $101 million project aims to restore part of the 57,000-acre land bridge, which separates Lake Pontchartrain from the Gulf of Mexico and is vital for safeguarding the New Orleans levee system.
- A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it
A narrow New Orleans marshland, the Land Bridge, protects 1.5 million people from storm surges and floods but is rapidly disappearing. Louisiana plans a $101 million project to restore the marsh, which separates Lake Pontchartrain from the Gulf of Mexico and could vanish within 50 years without intervention.