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TODAY WE'RE DOWN IN LOWER LAFITTE, RIGHT ON THE GOOSE BAYOU.WE ARE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL COASTAL TREE CYCLING EVENT.
THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS TREE PROJECT WHERE WE'VE COLLECTED CHRISTMAS TREES FROM BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS ALL OVER JEFFERSON PARISH, AND WE ARE BASICALLY CHUNKING THEM IN BOATS AND THEN PLACING THEM INTO OUR, UM, PREBUILT CRIBS, WHICH ARE KIND OF A FENCE LINE OUT IN THE MARSH.
THE GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO GET THESE TREES INTO THE MARSH TO CREATE KIND OF A SHORELINE, A A AND HABITAT FOR THE CRABS AND THE FISH, UM, BUT ALSO REALLY JUST TO GET REGULAR CITIZENS AND VOLUNTEERS OUT HERE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL COASTAL LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
I THINK WE HAD 117 PRE-REGISTERED VOLUNTEERS, AND WE'VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE COME AND SHOW UP.
TODAY IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO, WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND BE INVOLVED.
WE USE THIS WONDERFUL SITE HERE ON GOOSE BAYOU, WHICH IS REALLY CLOSE TO OUR PREBUILT CRIBS.
THOSE CRIBS ARE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PEN, AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ALLOW US TO EVERY YEAR COME AND REFILL THEM WITH THE TREES.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE TREES START TO DECOMPOSE.
WHAT THESE FENCES AND CRIBS DO WHEN THEY'RE PACKED WITH THE TREES, THEY HELP TO BREAK DOWN THE WAVE ACTION.
YOU'LL HAVE THE WAVES KIND OF BREAK AND HIT THE, THE CRIB WITH THE TREES IN IT, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'LL KIND OF BE REALLY CALM WATER AND THAT CALM WATER ALLOWS JUST KIND OF TO KEEP IT FROM ERODING AWAY.
AFTER HURRICANE IDA, WE HAD TO KIND OF START OVER FROM SCRATCH.
THIS IS I GUESS OUR THIRD YEAR POST IDA, WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE TREES, STARTING TO REALLY STACK THEM UP, KIND OF BUILDING THAT LINE AGAIN OF DEFENSE.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST ONE OF THOSE MULTIPLE LINES OF DEFENSE AS YOU HEAR ABOUT SO MUCH IN COASTAL LOUISIANA.
JUST ANOTHER KIND OF SPEED BUMP FOR THAT STORM SURGE.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO KIND OF KEEP THAT MARSH ALIVE AND UM, FROM ERODING IS, IS REALLY A BENEFIT TO OUR WHOLE AREA.