Louisiana TIG Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #5: Living Coastal and Marine Resources - Marine Mammals and Oysters

Consistent with the PDARP/PEIS, the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group has prepared the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #5: Living Coastal and Marine Resources - Marine Mammals and Oysters. This plan considers project alternatives to contribute to the restoration of injured living coastal and marine resources, specifically, mammal and oyster resources in the Louisiana restoration area. The total estimated cost of the for preferred project alternatives is approximately $28.7 million.

Two alternatives are evaluated to address restoration for marine mammal resources. The preferred alternative is: "Increasing Capacity and Expanding Partnerships along the Louisiana Coastline for Marine Mammal Stranding Response".

Four alternatives are evaluated to address restoration for oyster resources; three of which are preferred alternatives. Those include: "Cultch Plant Oyster Restoration"; "Enhancing Oyster Recovery Using Brood Reefs"; and, "Hatchery-based Oyster Restoration".

Document Content:

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