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MVN-2013-1961-CU

Published Oct. 24, 2014
Expiration date: 11/16/2014

NAME OF APPLICANT:  CYPRESS CREST, L.L.C, c/o Hydrik Wetlands Consultants, ATTN:  Michael Henry, 604 West Charles Street, Hammond, Louisiana  70401

LOCATION OF WORK:  Wetlands in Section 32, Township 7 South – Range 9 East, within the Lake Pontchartrain – Lake Maurepas Basin (HUC 08070204), near Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in TANGIPAHOA PARISH, as shown on the attached drawings.

CHARACTER OF WORK:  Excavate and fill an area to re-establish wetland connectivity.  The site is part of a previously impacted wetland area that was harvested of cypress around 50 years ago and its original habitat converted to pine with some mixed hardwood species.  The property was recently cleared without proper authorization.  The applicant has proposed to restore approximately 9.26 acres of the property to its cypress/tupelo swamp habitat.  Approximately 12.17 acres of the impacted wetlands will remain in silviculture.  Approximately 0.05 acre of an existing slough will be excavated and filled to re-establish wetland connectivity, as shown on the drawings