Protect wetlands from being impacted - Bedico, Tangipahoa
Protect wetlands from being impacted - Bedico, Tangipahoa
The Issue
As citizens of Tangipahoa and concerned citizens in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, we want to protect our property, homes, wetlands, wildlife and natural resources. Many residents have experienced flooding in this area during the floods of 1983 and 2016. More recently with rapid development, many are experiencing high water levels threatening homes during each heavy rain event with inadequate drainage and less natural water storage areas.
Fairhope Development is a 445 acre site with 796 residential lots that will impact 12.192 acres of wetlands. The attached picture shows water from the 2016 flood on another subdivision just north of this project site.
Wildlife has very little places to roam today because of large amounts of wetlands being impacted. Lake Pontchartrain is experiencing high levels of algae blooms near the Northshore from runoff mixing with the fresh water from the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening.
During parish meetings, residents are concerned that their information is of no importance. Natural floodways, floodplains, and fill are impacting current homes. The public is told retention ponds will handle all the water but only to a 100 year flood standard. The watershed needs natural water storage and floodplains to hold, soak up, and filter the flood waters. Our aquifer needs wetlands to recharge our drinking water as it slowly being depleted by development and runoff.
Over 650,000 cubic yards of fill will be extracted from the property and used as fill for this project with over 12 acres of wetlands negatively impacted. This property took on water during the 2016 floods as shown in the 2017 FEMA Resiliency Study. The water is coming again so the current and future residents need to be protected by preserving all the wetlands on this property. Our citizens deserve a public hearing to voice our concerns. We are asking the Corp and LDEQ to deny these permits for impacting wetlands.
Application Number MVN-2019-00696-EG
Corp: angelle.v.greer@usace.army.mil
DEQ Application Number: WQC 190723-02
DEQ: elizabeth.hill@la.gov
The Issue
As citizens of Tangipahoa and concerned citizens in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, we want to protect our property, homes, wetlands, wildlife and natural resources. Many residents have experienced flooding in this area during the floods of 1983 and 2016. More recently with rapid development, many are experiencing high water levels threatening homes during each heavy rain event with inadequate drainage and less natural water storage areas.
Fairhope Development is a 445 acre site with 796 residential lots that will impact 12.192 acres of wetlands. The attached picture shows water from the 2016 flood on another subdivision just north of this project site.
Wildlife has very little places to roam today because of large amounts of wetlands being impacted. Lake Pontchartrain is experiencing high levels of algae blooms near the Northshore from runoff mixing with the fresh water from the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening.
During parish meetings, residents are concerned that their information is of no importance. Natural floodways, floodplains, and fill are impacting current homes. The public is told retention ponds will handle all the water but only to a 100 year flood standard. The watershed needs natural water storage and floodplains to hold, soak up, and filter the flood waters. Our aquifer needs wetlands to recharge our drinking water as it slowly being depleted by development and runoff.
Over 650,000 cubic yards of fill will be extracted from the property and used as fill for this project with over 12 acres of wetlands negatively impacted. This property took on water during the 2016 floods as shown in the 2017 FEMA Resiliency Study. The water is coming again so the current and future residents need to be protected by preserving all the wetlands on this property. Our citizens deserve a public hearing to voice our concerns. We are asking the Corp and LDEQ to deny these permits for impacting wetlands.
Application Number MVN-2019-00696-EG
Corp: angelle.v.greer@usace.army.mil
DEQ Application Number: WQC 190723-02
DEQ: elizabeth.hill@la.gov
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Petition created on August 18, 2019