National Wetlands Research Center

Louisiana Coastal Land Loss

Land Changes for Coastal Louisiana

• Satellite Images and Aerial Photographs of the Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Coastal Louisiana (July 2007)
  
  
• Land Area Changes in Coastal Louisiana After the 2005 Hurricanes - A powerpoint presentation presented to the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Task Force on October 18, 2006, based on USGS Open-File Report 2006-1274 (see below).
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  PDF version (3.10 MB)
  
  
• USGS Open-File Report 2006-1274: Land Area Changes in Coastal Louisiana After the 2005 Hurricanes: A Series of Three Maps (October 2006)
  
  
• Press Release: USGS Reports Latest Land Change Estimates for Louisiana Coast - 10/3/2006

Land Changes for Coastal Louisiana Based on Pre-2005 Data

• Changes to Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration (TV-04) Area After Hurricane Lili, October 3, 2002* (PDF, 22.87 MB) (Lower resolution JPG Version, 1.36 MB)
  
  
• Animation of Past and Predicted Wetland Loss From 1932 to 2050 (54 MB) AVI
  
  
• 100+ Years of Land Change for Coastal Louisiana (3.78 MB) PDF
  
  
• 100+ Years of Land Change for Southeast Coastal Louisiana (2.02 MB) PDF
  
  
• Historical and Projected Coastal Louisiana Land Changes: 1978-2050 (USGS Open File Report 03-334)
  
  
• NBII feature on Louisiana Coastal Wetlands
  
• Press Release - Without Restoration, Coastal Land Loss to Continue 5/21/2003
  

For more information on coastal Louisiana land loss and restoration efforts, visit www.lacoast.gov.

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