Summary ( Pakage 2)

Hurricane Katrina had the most devastating impact on Louisiana these natural disasters contributed in lost of human lives and destroyed property in U.S. history, Louisiana’s barrier islands have sustained especially heavy losses from Katrina's scouring winds and waves, Katrina also damaged the Louisiana’s wetlands estimate that two-thirds of Louisiana's oysters may have been destroyed. US had to resort to increase the oyster imports from other countries. Thousands of jobs in the region depend on the oyster industry and as a result of the disaster; fishermen find themselves to be unemployed and unsettled, Floodwater in the city became contaminated, much discussion has gone on in trying to salvage the situation. There are plans of placing dredged material for a platform for the plants to grow on. The Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Plan is also planning to launch projects big and small to rebuild barrier islands and replant lost marsh grass.