Status: Restored – Projects We’ve Completed
Restoration Type: Native Wetland Restoration
Classification of Benefits:

Habitat creation for fish and wildlife
Benefits to migratory bird species
Urban planting application
Sediment stabilization

In the spring of 2013, the Orleans Levee District dredged a channel from the flood gate to the lake to improve water flow. Restore the Earth partners, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation beneficially used some of the dredged sediment to create a half acre of wetland along the banks.

Restore the Earth employed Gulf Save bags to accelerate plant growth and the establishment of marsh vegetation to stabilize the sediment and create a new wetlands. These efforts resulted half an acre of vegetation pocket of marsh where the bayou meets the lake in order to have significant benefits for fish, crab and bird habitat.

Restore the Earth Foundation and partners the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF), received funding from the Harrah’s Foundation and Orleans Levee District for this project. These partners, joined by volunteers from Harrah’s HEROS, Timberland and Entergy Corporation worked together to create an urban wetland at Bayou St. John.

To date, over 37 plant species have been surveyed and over 75 bird species have been observed at or around the mouth of Bayou St. John.