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Mitigating oil and gas impacts in coastal wetlands

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Abstract

This abstract refers to technical recommendations for avoiding, minimizing, and restoring (i.e., mitigating) drilling site access impacts related to oil and gas activities in coastal wetlands through regulatory review, drawing mostly from the Louisiana experience. The two standard methods used to access wetland drilling locations are canals and roads, both of which require dredging. Each access method impacts wetland values and functions and each has been implicated directly and indirectly in wetland loss by converting marsh habitat to open water or upland habitat and by altering the local hydrologic regime. However, numerous regulatory management techniques exist and should be employed to avoids minimize, and restore canal and road-dump impacts.

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Cahoon, D.R., Holmes, J.C., 1989, Mitigating oil and gas impacts in coastal wetlands, in Coastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, v. 2, no. pt2, Charleston, SC, USA, 11 July 1989 through 14 July 1989.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Mitigating oil and gas impacts in coastal wetlands
Volume 2
Issue pt2
Year Published 1989
Language English
Publisher Publ by ASCE
Publisher location New York, NY, United States
Larger Work Title Coastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management
First page 1935
Conference Title Coastal Zone '89: Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management
Conference Location Charleston, SC, USA
Conference Date 11 July 1989 through 14 July 1989
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