Pontchartrain Basin Clearinghouse

PRP Projects

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Project Title	P.I.	Begin	End	Extend	Funding
Coastal Wetlands Education in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin [view report]	Maygarden	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	135,981.00
Assessment of Current Seagrass Critical Habitat in Response to Dramatic Shoreline Change Resulting from the 2005 Hurricane Season for the Chandeleur Islands [view reoprts]	Bethel	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	70,072.00
Identifying fishery resources and species that would be lost to Louisiana if the Chandeleur Islands are destroyed by hurricane activity	O'Connell	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	91,965.00
Status of rare diadromous fishes in two Pontchartrain Basin watersheds: the Tangipahoa River and Bayou Lacombe systems	O'Connell	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	82,161.00
Identifying Sources of Copper Accumulation in Pontchartrain Basin Watershed Subsegments	Wang	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	77,479.00
Status, trends, and restoration ecolocy of estuarine submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV) and seagrasses in the middle and lower Lake Pontchartrain Basin [view report]	Poirrier	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	110,000.00
Extent of Lake Pontchartrain dead zones, effects of salinity and hypoxia on Rangia clams, and the distribution of clams, oysters, and other large bivalves in the lower Basin [view report]	Poirrier	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	110,000.00
Hurricane Impact within the Caernarvon Basin: Wetland Habitat Response to Biologic, Geologic and Hydrodynamic Processes [view report]	Kulp	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	141,061.00
Unprecedented Degradation of the Wetland Ecosystems of Southeastern Louisiana: The Causes and Recommendations from the Scientific Community for Their Restoration - A Documentary Film and Traveling Exhibit	Norton	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	55,988.00
Education and Outreach Through Production of a "Fishes of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin" Poster [view reports]	Piller	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	27,423.00
Assessing the genetic health and stock structure of speckled trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) a recreationally important species in Lake Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico [view report]	Piller	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	69,262.00
Reduce Hurricane-Damage in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin by Using Point Source of Freshwater to Regenerate Cypress - Tupelo Swamps: A Demonstration Project [view report]	Shaffer	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	115,986.00
Baseline Evaluations of the Maurepas Landbridge: Microbial Ecology, Sediment, Biochemical, and Vegetative Dynamics [view report]	Childers	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	121,103.00
Measuring 2005 land loss in the Pontchartrain Basin using high resolution color infrared aerial photography at a scale of 1/12,000: Hurricane impact [reports]	Martinez	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	84,481.00
PRP Science Review, Workshops, and Sponsored Meetings for the Protection and Restoration of the Pontchartrain Basin [view report]	Penland	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	75,360.00
The Potential Impacts of Freshwater Diversions from the Mississippi River on Coastal Marsh Communities [view report]	O'Brien	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	50,602.00
Optimization of the Violet Freshwater Diversion in Conjunction with Other Upper and Middle Basin Freshwater Diversions	Georgiou	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	123,639.00
Simulating the Effects of Land Bridges on Hurricane Storm Surge in Southeast Louisiana	Guillot	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	122,167.00
Effects of Hurricane Disturbance on North Shore Marshes: Assessment of Resilience and Sustainability under Altered Nutrient Regimes	Hester	09/01/06	08/31/07	-	175,270.00
Total NOAA Year 5 funding					1,840,000.00

News & Events:

Developments:

Vitter's Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act Reauthorized
Barrier Island Comprehensive MonitoringProgram (BICM)
Research and Restoration Projects

Resources:

Map Gallery
Download Data
Basin Facts
Interactive Image Processing
Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin USGS Open File Report 02*206.s

Project Partners:

Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences

University of New Orleans

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration