Louisiana Wetlands Historical State

     United States wetlands have been disappearing at vast rates over the last 200years due to the draining, filling, leveling, and flooding of said wetlands for urban, agricultural, and residential development. However, unlike most of the other wetlands in the country, the Louisiana Wetlands have been growing and deteriorating due to natural causes for thousands of years. Until recently, wetland loss in Louisiana had been balanced by natural wetland building processes, but they are now being lost at an unsustainable rate. As a result, the loss of wetland is threatening the ecosystem’s sustainability. Wetlands serve many useful purposes, the most important of which has to do with their ability to reduce storm surges with their porous soils, thus protecting countless lives. Because scientists have finally deemed wetland preservation necessary, efforts to maintain them have been instated.