2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
Planning Coastwide Restoration in Louisiana With GIS and Predicted Models Track: Ocean, Coastal, and Marine Resources Author(s): William Padgett, James Johnston, John Barras, Steve Hartley An important component of the coastal restoration planning effort in Louisiana has been the ongoing research and documentation of land loss. Using ArcView technology along with remote sensing software (ERDAS IMAGINE), the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) and its natural resource partners have documented that coastal Louisiana has lost an average of 34 square miles of land, primarily marsh, per year for the last 50 years. Another component of this ongoing research is the projection of a "future condition" for the Louisiana coast if no further restoration measures are adopted. Again, using ArcView technology, NRWC and its partners used historical data to access recent trends in land loss to create a predictive model that displays changes 50 years into the future. From this effort scientists concluded that Louisiana could potentially lose another 700 square miles of land. William Padgett U.S. Geologicial Survey National Wetlands Research Center 7400 Leake Ave Room 135 New Orleans , LA 70118 US Phone: 504-862-1074 Fax: 504-862-1892 E-mail: wpadgett@usgs.gov James Johnston U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center 700 Cajundome Blvd. Lafayette , LA 70506 US Phone: 337-266-8556 Fax: 337-266-8616 E-mail: jimmy_johnston@usgs.gov John Barras U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center PO Box 25098 Baton Rouge , LA 70894 US Phone: 225-578-7486 Fax: 225-5787927 E-mail: john_barras@usgs.gov Steve Hartley U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center 700 Cajundome Blvd. Lafayette , LA 70506 US Phone: 337-266-8543 Fax: 337-266-8616 E-mail: steve_hartley@usgs.gov |
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