La. National Guard conducts Christmas Tree Drop in Bayou

Photo By Master Sgt. Toby Valadie | Louisiana National Guardsmen connect a bundle of recycled Christmas trees to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the annual Christmas Tree Drop in New Orleans, April 2, 2015. The 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment helicopter crew will place the trees in Bayou Sauvage to establish a wave break to trap sediment and restore marshland. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Toby M. Valadie, Louisiana National Guard Public Affairs Office)  

NEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES

04.03.2015

Story by Master Sgt. Toby Valadie 

Louisiana National Guard

NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New Orleans officials participated in the annual Christmas Tree Drop in Bayou Sauvage in eastern New Orleans, April 2, 2015.

Recycled Christmas trees are used to establish a wave break in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. These tree jetties will create new productive marsh habitat by trapping sediment and building up a plantable structure which will eventually support native marsh grasses. The project has re-established about 175 acres of marsh in Bayou Sauvage NWR.

• Date Taken: 04.03.2015
• Date Posted: 04.03.2015 15:23
• Story ID: 159116
• Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA, US