Nearly 10 years ag0, back-to-back high water years on the Mississippi River breached the east bank levee in lower Plaquemines Parish, forming a new crevasse connecting the river to the back levee canal within the Bohemia Spillway. What began as a trickle, it has widened each year and now - known as Mardi Gras Pass - the opening is more than 300 feet wide. About 30,000 cubic feet of muddy water passes through every second. It sounds like another bad news storyline the Louisiana's coast, which is already losing land at a rate of a football field every 100 minutes. In fact, the crevasse is producing more land (from traveling mud), much to the delight of some of the state's coastal advocates. (Source: NOLA.com 10/22/21) On Louisiana's coast, some marshes weathered Ida better than others. The difference? Mud. | Environment | nola.com
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