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Cat Island and other Barrier Islands { 38 images } Created 10 May 2015

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  • Common tern chick in the grass on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana, as tide rises. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration projecta for island with  bird rookeries on them ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • A flooded  bird's nest  in marsh grass on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisian, vunerable to the rising tides. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast act for fear their would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Baby Reddish egrets in a nest on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana, as tide rises. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration projecta for island with  bird rookeries on them ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Baby Reddish egrets in the grass on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana, as tide rises. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration projecta for island with  bird rookeries on them ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • A flooded  bird's nest  in marsh grass on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisian, vunerable to the rising tides. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast act for fear their would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • A flooded  bird's nest  in marsh grass on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisian, vunerable to the rising tides. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast act for fear their would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Baby Reddish egrets in the nest on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana as tide rises. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration projecta for island with  bird rookeries on them ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
    Baby Chick 02.jpg
  • Barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana faces coastal erosion as the tide rises. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration projecta for island with  bird rookeries on them ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Youn brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird recently taken off the endangered species list, on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up since the BP oil spill which killed off much of the grass and mangrove trees that hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Baby great egrets perch on mangrove trees on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Baby great egrets perch on mangrove trees on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up  since  the BP oil spill which killed the grass and mangrove trees which hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
    Coastal Erosion 11.jpg
  • A young brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird recently taken off the endangered species list, on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up since the BP oil spill which killed off much of the grass and mangrove trees that hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast act for fear their would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird recently taken off the endangered species list, on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up since the BP oil spill which killed off much of the grass and mangrove trees that hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird recently taken off the endangered species list, on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up since the BP oil spill which killed off much of the grass and mangrove trees that hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • June 12, 2012, Brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird recently taken off the endangered species list, on Cat Island, a barrier island in Barrataria Bay in Plaquimens Parish, Louisiana. The barrier islands in the Gulf of Mexico are threaten by coastal erosion that was sped up since the BP oil spill which killed off much of the grass and mangrove trees that hold the islands together. Plaquimens Parish started it's own coastal restoration project for Cat Island, a bird rookery for the pelican ahead of the  Restore the Coast Act for fear there would be too little of the island left to save.
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  • Fishing camps in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana.
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  • Pelican in flight over Barataria Bay.
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  • Baby pelicans in a nest on a barrier island in Plaquemines Parish.
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  • Baby pelican in a nest on a barrier island in Plaquemines Parish.
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  • Baby pelican on a barrier island in Plaquemines Parish.
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  • Young pelicans on a barrier island in Plaquemines Parish in a rookery.
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  • Baby pelican on a Barrier Islands in Barataria Bay two years after the BP oIl spill that is now under water.
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  • Baby pelicans in a nest on a barrier island in Plaquemines Parish.
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  • Fishing camp in Mrytle Grove damaged by Hurricane Isaac.
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  • Bird rookery in Plaquemines Parish on a barrier island
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  • April 18th, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Cat island in Barataria Bay three years after the BP oil spill is now barren.  Before the spill it was  vibrant bird rookery for pelicans egrets and roast spoon bills.  BP oil washed up on the shore killing birds and then over time killing the mangrove trees and marsh grass leaving the island vulnerable to coastal erosion, a process already jeopardizing the island and other barrrier islands protecting the gulf coast.
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  • April 18, 2013 Billy Nungesser on Cat Island holding a pelican bone three years after the BP oil spill.
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  • PJ Hahn on Cat Island three years after the oil spill, documenting the island as it decayed.
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  • Baby pelican on a barrier island in Barrataria Bay off the coast of Plaquimes Parish.
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  • Pelican flies over dead mangrove trees that remain on a barrier island off the coast of Plaquimes Parish known to locals as Cat Island. The island was a bird rookery before the BP oil spill. The spill killed the roots of many of the trees hastening coastal erosion.
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