The West Bay Sediment Diversion (MR-03) is a Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration (CWPPRA) project that was constructed in 2003 to restore vegetated wetlands in the shallow open water environment of northern West Bay, roughly opposite Main Pass, on the west bank of the Mississippi River (MR03 Fact Sheet).
The purpose of this report is to provide recent land area measurements,
... [Show full abstract] acquired after project construction, and to provide a more detailed trend history of the West Bay project area from 1956 to 2009, a 53-year period.