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Restore or Retreat volunteers plant thousands of marsh grasses and mangroves at West Grand Terre; Port Fourchon terraces receive 12,000 mangroves
Summary
Restore or Retreat described two volunteer‑led restoration efforts to the CPRA board: an October 2024 planting of roughly 8,200 plants at West Grand Terre and a Port Fourchon terraces effort that placed 12,000 mangroves over three days with local partners and private grants.
Representative Joseph Ojuro and Polly Glover of Restore or Retreat presented to the CPRA board on Feb. 19 about two volunteer‑led restoration efforts in the Lower Barataria Basin: planting at West Grand Terre and terraces and living shoreline work near Port Fourchon.
West Grand Terre planting
Polly Glover said Restore or Retreat’s October 2024 planting at West Grand Terre involved 37 volunteers and approximately 8,200 plants across three species (sand oaks in a dune test plot, smooth cordgrass and black mangrove) planted to stabilize shoreline and reestablish habitat. Glover described an earlier phase 1 planting (Nov. 2022) of about 10 acres that has since vegetated. She told the board the group used dredged sediment to reconstruct marsh platform and that volunteer…
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