Breton Island restoration 2022

A ring-shaped offshore island after being widened and replenished during a major restoration.

Photo By/Credit

USFWS/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

03/31/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Breton Island restoration, completed in 2022. Breton Island is part of Breton National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana. The major restoration was undertaken to remedy some of the harm done by erosion and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Facility

Breton National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Subject tags

Coastal restoration

Habitat restoration

Islands

Wildlife refuges

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