1. Maintain the Lake Borgne Landbridge

Where: Maintain the MRGO-Borgne Land Bridge
What: Extensive Rock armoring, local marsh creation, Intermediate marsh
Who: US Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, LSU Hurricane Center, St. Bernard Parish, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Estimated Cost: $80,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Wetland buffer to St. Bernard levees and minimize encroachment of Lake Borgne into the MRGO
Habitat Restoration: Typical intermediate marsh nursery and fringe marsh benefiting recreational and commercial fishing

2. Restore the Bayou la Loutre Ridge (includes constriction of MRGO to GIWW dimensions)

Where: Restore the Bayou la Loutre Ridge
What: Constrict MRGO channel (GIWW dimensions or smaller), rebuild and re-forest natural ridge, natural ridge and intermediate marsh
Who: US Army Corps of Engineers, LSU SRC, LSU Hurricane Center,
St. Bernard Parish, The Nature Conservancy, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Estimated Cost: $150,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Impede northward movement of storm surges and reduce surge water elevation north of Bayou la Loutre ridge with soil foundation and ridge forest
Habitat Restoration: Restore the natural ridge and hydrologic barrier between the Borgne-Biloxi estuary and the Caernarvon-Terre aux Boeufs estuary, restore the Natural levee ridge habitat of oak, black willow providing refuge of indigenous ridge species

3. Restore the Chandeleur Barrier Islands

Where: Chandeleur Island Restoration
What: Beach nourishment with sand and shell, saline habitat
Who: US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Marine, Fisheries Service, USACE (Mobile District), Minerals Management Service, US Geological Survey (Tampa Bay Office), St. Bernard Parish, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, DNR, MS Dept. of Marine Resources, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF Request $150,000,000 (Due to Hurricane Katrina this may be insufficient)
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Reduce wave heights and wave energy entering Chandeleur Sound (fair weather and storm generated) and impacting the Biloxi Marsh, reduce storm surge elevations east of barrier islands
Habitat Restoration: Barrier Island dune and lagoon habitats, Saline marsh, bid rookery, recreational and commercial fishing, maintain benefits of National Wildlife Refuge

4. Construct the Jefferson Parish fringe marsh buffer

Where: Jefferson Parish Shoreline Restoration and Protection
What: Rock armoring, marsh creation, SAV habitat, reef balls, Intermediate marsh
Who: National Marine Fisheries Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, LSU Ag Center, LSU - SRC, Jefferson Parish, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $62,500,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Wetland buffer to levees in East Jefferson Parish by reducing risk of levee failure and reducing shoreline or berm erosion lake ward of the levee
Habitat Restoration: Establish intermediate, fringe marsh providing critical marsh nursery, recreational fishing, birding and other outdoor activities

5. Construct the Violet Reintroduction to maintain target salinity in LA and MS

Where: Mississippi R. Reintroduction at Violet, LA
What: Reintroduce Mississippi R. water to achieve habitat goals of baseline, reestablish cypress forest, Swamp, intermediate to saline marsh
Who: National Marine Fisheries Service, EPA, MS Dept. of Marine Resources, St. Bernard Parish, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $135,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: maintain salinity targets to develop a denser and more mature wetland forest east of Chalmette to buffer to St. Bernard levees, and to enhance oyster growth in the outer Biloxi marsh to maintain marsh reduce surge into Mississippi Sound and Lake Borgne
Habitat Restoration: Reduce salinity intrusion into swamp or fresh marsh habitat, increase primary and secondary productivity including commercial species such as shrimp, blue crab and oysters. Typical
intermediate marsh nursery and fringe marsh benefiting recreational and commercial fishing

6. Maintain and restore the Biloxi Marsh Landbridge and reefs - South

Where: Biloxi Marsh Landbridge (south)
What: Salinity management, Oyster reef propagation (reef balls, etc.), rock armoring, marsh creation, terracing, brackish to saline
Who: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service - Lead agency, St. Bernard Parish, LSU SC&E, LSU Ag Center, LA Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, DNR, MS Dept. of Marine Resources, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $60,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Maintain integrity of the marsh landbridge and natural ridges preventing Bay Boudreaux developing into a tidal pass or merging into Chandeleur sound which would increase storm surges in Mississippi Sound and Lake Borgne
Habitat Restoration: Preserve and restore brackish marsh including robust oyster beds throughout the outer Biloxi marsh. Develop oyster barrier reefs within the or along the Fishing Smack Bay

7. Maintain and restore Breton Landbridge with Caernarvon and marsh creation

Where: Maintain and Restore the Breton Landbridge
What: marsh creation (Sediment trap), land building (diversions), reefs, Intermediate to brackish marsh
Who: US Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resource Conservation Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Caernarvon Inter-Agency Advisory Committee, Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish, LSU SC&E, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $40,000,000 (Due to Hurricane Katrina this may be insufficient)
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Wetland buffer to levees in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish by reducing storm surge height and energy
Habitat Restoration: Typical intermediate to brackish marsh nursery benefiting recreational and commercial fishing

8. Maintain critical marsh shorelines and ridges of the East Orleans Landbridge

Where: East Orleans Corridor Landbridge
What: conservation, local rock armoring, marsh creation for critical areas of shoreline, Intermediate marsh
Who: US Army Corps of Engineers, LSU SRC, LSU Hurricane Center, UNO – Social Sciences, Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, DNR, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $87,500,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: reduce storm surges into Lake St. Catherine and Lake Pontchartrain by maintaining or enhancing landbridge elements of marsh and Pine Island natural ridges
Habitat Restoration: Typical intermediate marsh nursery benefiting recreational and commercial fishing, Maintain natural ridge habitat of the Pine Island ridges

9. Maintain and restore Biloxi Marsh Landbridge and barrier reefs -North

Where: Biloxi Marsh Landbridges (north)
What: Salinity management, Oyster reef propagation (reef balls, etc.), rock armoring, marsh creation, terracing, brackish to saline
Who: Natural Resource Conservation Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Bernard Parish, LSU SC&E, LSU Ag Center, LA Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries, DNR –Coastal Restoration Division, MS Dept. of Marine Resources, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $60,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Maintain integrity of the marsh landbridge preventing Bay Boudreaux developing into a tidal pass and merging into Mississippi Sound which would increase storm surges in Mississippi Sound and
Lake Borgne
Habitat Restoration: Preserve and restore brackish marsh including robust oyster beds throughout the outer Biloxi marsh. Develop oyster barrier reefs within Mississippi Sound shoreline of the Biloxi marsh

10. Maintain and enhance the Maurepas Landbridge with Maurepas Reintroduction

Where: Maurepas Landbridge & Maurepas Reintroduction
What: conservation, River reintroductions, hydrologic restoration, marsh creation, swamp & fresh marsh
Who: EPA, Southeastern Louisiana University, Tangipahoa Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA DWF, DNR, DNR – Coastal Management Division, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Cost: LPBF request $50,000,000 for conservation L. Pont. rim, LCA request $80,000,000
Performance Goals
Flood Protection: Reduce storm surges into Lake Maurepas and adjacent shoreline regions by maintaining or enhancing landbridge elements of swamp and fresh marsh
Habitat Restoration: Develop mature swamp and swamp canopy by increasing primary productivity. Increase productivity of fresh marsh. Enhance recreational and commercial fishing. Increase detrital export
into Lake Pontchartrain