Introduction
Past Floods in the
Lower Mississippi Valley
The Great Flood of 1927
The MR&T Project
Spillway Site Selection
Design Advances
Spillway Operation
Spillway Operational Effects
Natural Resource Values
Environmental Values
Cultural Resource Values
Recreational Values
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Environmental Values
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Habitats in the floodway include bottomland hardwood
forests, cypress swamps, canals and ponds, and disturbed
areas. Bottomland hardwoods are located near the river
and grade into cypress-tupelogum swamps closer to Lake
Pontchartrain. The forested areas were logged in the past
and second-growth timber covers the wooded areas.
The floodway acts as a catch basin for non-indigenous plants when flood waters are released from the Mississippi River. The introduction of seeds, rhizomes and other plant propagates permits establishment of new species and an ever-changing plant environment. |
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Contact
Kathy Gibbs, CEMVN-PA
Chief, Public Affairs Office
New Orleans, LA
504-862-2201
Kathy.Gibbs@usace.army.mil
Updated May 18, 2005
