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The Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) north-west of New Orleans, along the south shore, as well as south of Lake Maurepas. The area is north of LaPlace and extends towards Sorrento .
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a 112,615-acre (45,574 ha) [1] tract of protected area located in parts of Ascension, Livingston, St. John the Baptist, St. James and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana, encircling three sides of Lake Maurepas.
Key allocations include $130 million for the Maurepas Swamp reintroduction, $163 million for the Houma Lock Complex, and $14.8 million from FEMA for Lake Lery Marsh Creation and Rim Restoration ...
Projects like the Houma Lock Complex, Maurepas Swamp reintroduction, and shoreline stabilization in Southwest Louisiana are set to transform coastal resilience across the state.
Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
In 2001 the foundation donated two tracts of land, totaling 61,633 acres, to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for the Maurepas Swamp WMA. Between 2001 and 2011 another 12,000 acres were gained through purchases and donations. In 2012 another 29,630 acres (The MC Davis Tract) was acquired from The Conservation Fund ...
For the next 22 miles (35 km), US 51 travels concurrently with the elevated four-lane interstate through the thickly wooded swamp lying between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. This twin-span concrete trestle is known as the Manchac Swamp Bridge and is the second-longest bridge over water in the United States.
Blind River is a waterway in southeastern Louisiana originating in the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area of St James Parish west of New Orleans and running northeasterly before turning east to flow into Lake Maurepas.