REVERSE LAND CLAIM_SHAYNE O’NEIL NINTH WARD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
THE EFFECTS NINTH WARD
CHAMLETTE
VIOLET
MARSHLAND LOSSES
220 SQ.MI
IVAN x GUSTAV
120 SQ.MI
POYDRAS
BRETON SOUND BASIN
340 SQ.MI
KATRINA x RITA
-13.55% 287.66 SQ MI PRE KATRINA 39 SQ. MI POST KATRINA
RATE OF COASTAL LOSS
-34.9
SQ. MI PER YR
RATE OF BASIN LOSS
-33.5
SQ. MI PER YR
UNIQUELY (SE) LOUISIANA SALT
FEEDING THE LAND LOSSES OF RIVER SEDIMENT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA HAS RESULTED FROM INTRUSIVE MAN-MADE STRUCTURES SUCH AS DIKE, LEVEES, AND CANALS. AS A RESULT, NATURESCAPES ARE UNABLE TO PROPERLY REPLENISH SILL DEPOSITS. THIS DIRECTLY AFFECTS PLANT LIFE AND RESOURCES NECESSARY FOR A SELF SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEM.
BRACKISH
Spartina alterniflora Oyster Grass
blue crabs
periwinkles ribbed oysters
redfish
INTERMEDIATE FRESH Spartina patens wire grass Typha cattail
Schoenoplectus three-corner grass
nutria
Nymphea water lily
speckled trout fiddler crabs
crayfish
otter
muskrat
DOUBLE SHOTGUN HOUSE_SHAYNE O’NEIL NINTH WARD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
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BEDROOM NO. 1
BATH NO. 1
BATH NO. 2
BEDROOM NO. 2
BATH NO. 2
DINING
PANTRY
KITCHEN
LIVING