Failure Locations

LSU –Hurricane CenterLSU –Hurricane Center

Myrtle Myrtle GroveGrove

Lower Lower RiverRiver

AtchafalayaAtchafalaya Third Third OutletOutlet

Central Central Wetlands/VioletWetlands/Violet

Mississippi River Mississippi River Gulf OutletGulf Outlet

Lower Lower RiverRiver

Atchafalaya Atchafalaya Third OutletThird Outlet

Central Central Wetlands/VioletWetlands/Violet

Myrtle Myrtle GroveGrove

Mississippi River Mississippi River Gulf OutletGulf Outlet

Ultimate Objectives• Ensure a safe, sustainable and working

coastal Louisiana and a restored, healthy, Mississippi River Delta ecosystem resilient to the effects of climate change.

– MRGO/Central Wetlands– Atchafalaya– Lower River Re-design

Three-year Outcomes

• Design and initiation of the bold, large-scale projects necessary to restore the natural function of the MI River land-building process;

• Approval and funding of a balanced hurricane protection and restoration plan for coastal LA that allows communities and businesses to thrive and the ecosystem to flourish

• Creation of sustained national and state political will necessary to ensure that the projects and the plan become reality.

Lower Lower RiverRiver

Atchafalaya Atchafalaya Third OutletThird Outlet

Central Central Wetlands/VioletWetlands/Violet

Myrtle Myrtle GroveGrove

Mississippi River Mississippi River Gulf OutletGulf Outlet

Myrtle Myrtle GroveGrove

Lower Lower RiverRiver

Atchafalaya Atchafalaya Third OutletThird Outlet

Central Central Wetlands/VioletWetlands/Violet

Mississippi River Mississippi River Gulf OutletGulf Outlet

Myrtle Myrtle GroveGrove

Lower Lower RiverRiver

Atchafalaya Atchafalaya Third OutletThird Outlet

Central Central Wetlands/VioletWetlands/Violet

Mississippi River Mississippi River Gulf OutletGulf Outlet