Environmental Characteristics of the
Pontchartrain-Maurepas Basin and
Identification of Management Issues:
An Atlas
Prepared for the Lake Pontchartrain Task Force and the
Coastal Management Division of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
by
Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 1984.
Pontchartrain Atlas Images
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Location Map Bottom Sediments, Faults, and Soils
Soil Subsidence/Shoreline Erosion Hydrology and Water Quality
Vegetation and Land Use Areas of Transition
Unique and Valuable Resources Oil and Gas Fields/Pipelines
Flood/Navigation/Port Commissions 100 Year Flood Plain
Recreational Areas/Facilities Proposed Special Area*
*Note that the "Special Area" refered to on Plate 12 was not approved by the legislature,
but does point out key subdivisions of the Lake basin.
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