When it comes to clean beaches, it’s about more than just picking up trash (though that’s important too!).
SWCA Environmental Consultants specializes in ecological restoration, erosion control, and habitat protection that help maintain clean, resilient beaches and coastal ecosystems. For example, SWCA is supporting the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) Chandeleur Island Restoration Project by surveying and mapping species composition and relative density of 5,000 acres of Chandeleur Island seagrass beds.
SWCA is currently working with CPRA, the project team, and other state and federal resource agencies to develop habitat restoration goals for nesting Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and loggerhead sea turtles, other marine mammals, and the seagrass beds. This information is used to guide restoration design alternative development, as well as to understand and quantify the potential impacts and benefits to the existing seagrass, sea turtles, and marine mammals, and to predict changes in species composition and distribution related to the restoration project.
By combining science, engineering, and community collaboration, SWCA supports healthier shorelines that benefit both people and wildlife for generations to come.
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