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Restore the Earth reports roughly 1.2 million cypress trees lost to fires in St. Charles Parish restoration
Summary
Restore the Earth told St. Charles Parish officials that recent wildfires destroyed about 1,200,000 of the 6,000,000 bald cypress trees planted as part of a 28,800-acre Gulf Coast restoration; the project includes 18,800 acres in St. Charles Parish and is the state's first water-quality-credit restoration under LDEQ.
Parish President Jewell introduced Restore the Earth representatives at a St. Charles Parish Council meeting and the group's executive director, Taylor Marshall, told elected officials that recent fires damaged a significant portion of a large-scale reforestation project on state wildlife management areas.
Marshall said the project covered 28,800 acres across the Gulf Coast and included about 6 million native bald cypress trees; roughly 18,800 of those acres are in St. Charles Parish. "This project will enhance coastal wetland and watershed systems by reestablishing a critical Bald Cypress forest," Marshall said. She added the restoration is the largest of its kind on the Gulf Coast and that "18,800 acres of this restoration went right into the ground here in St. Charles Parish."
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