Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) 

Jefferson Parish, LA 

The purpose of this $22 million project was to create and nourish 1093 acres of marsh in the Barataria Basin. The project lies south of the communities of Lafitte, Barataria, and Jean Lafitte which sit upon the Barataria Bay Waterway in Jefferson Parish. This project involves creating marsh in current open-water and broken marsh in four separate Marsh Creation Areas (MCAs): The West MCA, 434 acres, the East MCA, 357 acres, MCA 3, 68 acres and MCA 4, 234 acres. Two of the marsh creation areas (WMCA and MCA 4) were designed to minimize the use of traditional earthen containment dikes by relying on existing marsh and vegetation to contain the hydraulically dredged earthen fill.

ECM is fully licensed, and FAA cleared to operate two DJI Mavic Pro Zoom aerial drones and is providing aerial progress photographs and videos for this project to meet the contract requirements. With this unique resource we can capture crystal clear images and video feed from any desired height up to 400 ft.