Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

	Environmental Issues: Coastal Land Loss | Shoreline Change and Rates | Urbanization | Aggregate Dredge Holes | Dredge Pit Characterization | Bonnet Carré Diversion | Water Quality | Sediment Quality & Dispersal

Environmental Issues - Urbanization

• Population Character of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
• Agricultural Character of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Farmland 1992

Parish Farmland (Acres) Ascension* 63,446 East Baton Rouge 79,150 East Feliciana 136,812 Iberville* 81,401 Jefferson* 4,127 Livingston 36,059 Orleans* 100 Plaquemines* 46,110 St. Bernard 6,166 St. Charles* 23,185 St. Helena 50,319 St. James* 42,922 St. John the Baptist* 17,347 St. Tammany 40,181 Tangipahoa 126,886 Washington 116,221 * West banks of these parishes are not included in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Farmland 1997

Parish Farmland (Acres) Ascension* 55,270 East Baton Rouge 66,008 East Feliciana 115,153 Iberville* 96,407 Jefferson* 4,836 Livingston 40,471 Orleans* 41 Plaquemines* 36,756 St. Bernard 3,404 St. Charles* 21,338 St. Helena 65,741 St. James* 45,347 St. John the Baptist* 9,538 St. Tammany 41,863 Tangipahoa 120,022 Washington 100,006 * West banks of these parishes are not included in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.

Figure 23: Acres of farmland (by parish) in the LPB for 1997.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin % Farmland Change 1992-1997.

Parish Percent Change Ascension* -12.9 East Baton Rouge -16.6 East Feliciana -15.8 Iberville* 18.4 Jefferson* 17.2 Livingston 12.2 Orleans* -59.0 Plaquemines* -20.3 St. Bernard -44.8 St. Charles* -8.0 St. Helena 30.7 St. James* 5.7 St. John the Baptist* -45.0 St. Tammany 4.2 Tangipahoa -5.4 Washington -14.0 * West banks of these parishes are not included in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin Average Farm Values* 1997

Parish Farm Value** Ascension* $2,047 East Baton Rouge $1,912 East Feliciana $1,548 Iberville* $1,661 Jefferson* $1,823 Livingston $2,695 Orleans* $20,710 Plaquemines* $1,219 St. Bernard $2,384 St. Charles* $1,610 St. Helena $1,251 St. James* $1,506 St. John the Baptist* $2,200 St. Tammany $3,530 Tangipahoa $2,219 Washington $1,922 * West banks of these parishes are not included in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. ** Farm value is the average value of all land and buildings per acre of land.