North side, east end of newly created forest ridge showing the cranes scraping the
soil up in to place and the dozer leveling it.
As dredge material is pumped from the port deep water area it is piped to the forest ridge area, shaped by the cranes,
and leveled to construction specifications by the dozer operator. |
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April 29, 2005 - GMF Site Visit
NOAA CRP Project #2006
Maritime Forest Ridge & Marsh Restoration Project
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Photo by Kendal Keyes
Gulf of Mexico Foundation |
