Finding for no Significant Impact for Boundary Study and Environmental Assessment
National Park Service. 1996. Finding for no Significant Impact for Boundary Study and Environmental Assessment
The National Park Service has prepared a Final Boundary Study and Environmental Assessment for the Barataria Preserve Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. This document, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, analyzes the impacts that would result from a potential boundary adjustment that would add approximately 5,800 acres to the current preserve of about 18,400 acres. The major factor contributing to the decision to re-evaluate the park's boundary configuration was the alignment and construction (ongoing) of the Westwego to Harvey Canal Hurricane Protection Levee by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The levee alters the landscape by delineating the limit of flood protection for urban development. It separates wetlands that are adjacent to the park and subject to storm-driven tidal surges from areas that are protected from tidal flooding. Those wetlands are hydrologically and ecologically linked to the preserve and contribute to the health of the preserve's ecosystem. Also, the levee forms an intermittent alignment with the preserve boundary.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 1996-10
- Units
- JELA
- Keywords
- Barataria Unit, Bayou aux Carpes study area, Bayou Segnettestudy area, Bayou Verret study area, boundary study, environnmental assessment, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, JELA