No Wake Zones
Did you know that Louisiana’s average shoreline erosion rates have increased from about 19 feet per year to over 32 feet per year? This is mostly due to impacts from storms and man-made alterations along the shoreline.
Viewer Tip: Protect estuary shorelines by refraining from boating in no-wake zones. The waves created by your boat that break along the shoreline can cause erosion.
(Source: US Geological Survey: Surficial Sediment Character of the Louisiana Offshore Continental Shelf Region: A GIS Compilation. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1195/htmldocs/images/pdf/report.pdf.; US EPA Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds. http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/tenways.pdf.)