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Iberia Parish hears Atchafalaya Basin management plan pitch, council asked to back regional coalition
Summary
An Atchafalaya Basinkeeper representative asked the Iberia Parish Council to adopt a resolution supporting a three-part basin management plan—restore hydrology, trap and manage sediment, and transfer sediment for coastal projects—so the plan can be included in the state's coastal restoration master plan.
Kimberly Collada, operations manager with Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, told the Iberia Parish Council on Feb. 25 that sedimentation in the Atchafalaya Basin is reducing the basin’s capacity to protect downstream communities and that a proposed management plan should be included in the state’s coastal restoration master plan.
"The management plan has three parts," Collada said. "The first part of the plan, restore the hydrology," she said, describing gates to reconnect…
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