Helicopter drops tree bundle at Bayou Sauvage Refuge

Two people stand on an airboat in a body of water as a helicopter hovers nearby

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created

04/24/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

An airboat crew from Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana watches as a helicopter drops a bundle of old Christmas trees into the marsh to build habitat. When the helicopter flies away, the airboat crew will then retrieve the harness from the bundles of trees.

Facility

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Subject tags

Coastal restoration

Habitat restoration

Marshes

Wildlife refuges

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