Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Installation Day
Islands Protecting the Refuge Road
Islands up close
Front view of Islands protecting natural marsh island
8 months post installation
Front view 8 months post installation
Vegetation filling in between natural marsh island and BioHaven® Floating Islands
Islands 20 months post installation
Vegetation growing in front of Islands
Islands 23 months post installation (NOTE: Refuge is completely drained)
Vegetative growth in front of Islands 23 months post install. (NOTE: Refuge was completely drained)
Front Island view 23 months post installation (NOTE: Refuge is completely drained)
Vegetation between natural marsh islands and BioHaven® Floating Islands 23 months post install
Overview
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge is the nation’s largest urban national wildlife refuge containing a marsh habitat that is critical to the preservation and integrity of the refuge. BioHaven® Floating Islands were installed with the primary goal of protecting an eroding shoreline from low to moderate wave energies through sedimentation build up and new vegetation growth.
Results
BioHaven® Floating Islands are successfully protecting the shoreline and natural marsh from further erosion by buffering daily waves. In fact, the islands have exceeded expectations with vegetation growth spreading to nearby soil.
- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Solution
- BioHaven® Floating Island
- Project Type
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Land Restoration
- Install Date
- August 2009
- Project Size
- 856 linear feet
- SPECIES PLANTED
- Marsh Hay
- PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS
- City of New Orleans, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bayou Land Resource Conservation & Development Council (a division of NRCS)
