East Marsh Island Marsh Creation (TV-21) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act 2012 Land-Water Classification Project Location ± ! Iberia Parish West Cote Blanche Bay Nourishment Area 4 Nourishment Area 3 Lake Sand Containment Area 1 Containment Area 2 East Cote Blanche Bay Nourishment Area 2 Containment Containment Total Nourishment Class Area 1 Acres Area 2 Acres Areas Acres Land 164 162 604 Nourishment Area 1 Water 20 16 104 Total 184 178 708 Project Objectives: The East Marsh Island Marsh Creation Project is on the east end of Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge in Iberia Parish. The project's objective is to restore brackish marsh habitat in the areas converted to open water primarily damaged by hurricanes. With the addition of sediment, created and Project Area nourished marsh generally has a reduced land loss rate, which is typically anticipated to be 50% of the existing Containment Areas loss rate. In addition, the project will aid in the prevention Nourishment Areas of land loss by reinforcing the tip of the island in order to Data Information: avoid excess tidal exchange through existing oil and gas The land-water data were obtained from canals and the shoreline. It will also prevent changes in digital imagery (Z/I Imaging digital mapping circulatory patterns between the Gulf of Mexico and the camera) with 1-meter resolution, acquired Vermilion Bay complex. The created areas will be planted November 8, 2012. All areas characterized with vegetative transplants of the appropriate species by emergent vegetation, upland, wetland as needed to accelerate the development and maintenace forest or scrub-shrub were classified as land, of vegetative cover and diversity throughout the life of while open water, aquatic beds and mudflats the project. were classified as water. Prepared by: Federal Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Interior Scale = 1:10,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Geological Survey Natural Resources Conservation Service 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Miles National Wetlands Research Center Lafayette, Louisiana and 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Kilometers Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Lafayette Regional Office Map ID: USGS-NWRC 2013-02-0069.