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.
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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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