| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What are wetlands? | areas where water covers the soil or where water is either at or near the soil most of the time. (can be year round or for varying periods of time) |
| Do wetlands stay wet during the growing season? | Yes |
| What are some of the benifits of the wetlands? | 1. serve as a nursery for the adult marine species that inhabit (live in) offshore waters.2.It serves as a sponge for Hurricanes. |
| Who does the wetlands benifit? | The environment and the people in and around the wetlands |
| Since colonial times, how much wetlands did the U.S lose? | 50% |
| What is Louisiana currently ranked in the nation on its rate of loss of wetlands? | First |
| What percent of wetlands in Louisiana is personally owned? | 75% |
| What state has more wetland that all states combined? | Alaska |
| The conservation of the marsh to the open exceeds ______ sq miles per year in some areas of costal Louisiana? | 35 |
| When did the government become involved in coastal restoration? | When congress enacted the Coastal Wetland Planning Protection Restoration Act in 1990 |
| Who is responsible for passing the Coastal Wetland Protection Restoration Act? | John Breaux and J. Bennet Johnson |
| What was the Bayou Sausage? | One of the coastal restoration projects. |
| What is the first phase of the Bayou Sausage project? | To pump excess water from the impounded area. |
| Why was the project abandonded? | Developers abandoned the project after impoundment because the area was too wet to build homes. |
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