leveeing

Mr. SHEARER: Yes, which is an indirect result of the leveeing of the river.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Mr. SHEARER: Well, no, casinos aren't the problem that hurt the wetlands, the building of thousands of miles of canals and pipelines to get oil from the Gulf of Mexico to the mainland and the leveeing of the Mississippi River, which used to flood every year and deposit sediment to rebuild and replenish the wetlands.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Mr. SHEARER: Well, no, casinos aren't the problem that hurt the wetlands, the building of thousands of miles of canals and pipelines to get oil from the Gulf of Mexico to the mainland and the leveeing of the Mississippi River, which used to flood every year and deposit sediment to rebuild and replenish the wetlands.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Thanks to the leveeing of the Mississippi River, the normal deltaic cycle of spring flooding and silt deposition abruptly ended in the 19th century, and the entire region began to sink and erode.

John McQuaid: The Oil Spill: Another Louisiana Tragedy 2010

Mr. SHEARER: Yes, which is an indirect result of the leveeing of the river.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Mr. SHEARER: Yes, which is an indirect result of the leveeing of the river.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Mr. SHEARER: Well, no, casinos aren't the problem that hurt the wetlands, the building of thousands of miles of canals and pipelines to get oil from the Gulf of Mexico to the mainland and the leveeing of the Mississippi River, which used to flood every year and deposit sediment to rebuild and replenish the wetlands.

Filmmaker Says Katrina No Natural Disaster 2010

Thanks to the leveeing of the Mississippi River, the normal deltaic cycle of spring flooding and silt deposition abruptly ended in the 19th century, and the entire region began to sink and erode.

John McQuaid: The Oil Spill: Another Louisiana Tragedy 2010

Louisiana's coastline is washing away in large part because of activity that benefited the entire nation: leveeing the lower Mississippi River and cutting canals for oil and gas exploration.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007

With the removal of wetlands through canalization, leveeing, and draining, the remaining wetlands have a storage capacity of less than 12 days discharge — an 80% reduction of flood storage capacity (C16. 1.1).

Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis~ Appendix A. Ecosystem Service Reports 2008