GRASSBED RESTORATION

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation participates in a program with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region VI, called the Johnston Basin Cleanup Program. These funds are used for on-the-ground restoration. One example of this program is a joint effort with University of New Orleans researchers and the Foundation to restore and study the lake's submerged aquatic vegetation, also called grassbeds.
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Foundation volunteers were recruited to transplant seagrasses (Vallisneria americana) in protective enclosures at three locations in Lake Pontchartrain.Within a matter of a few months, grasses were thriving at two of three locations providing excellent habitat for juvenile fish and shellfish.

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