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    Partnership for Our Working Coast: Port Fourchon Phase 1 Technical Report

    The Greater Lafourche Port Commission (GLPC) operates Port Fourchon, the nation’s premier oil and gas services port. The Water Institute worked with GLPC to select sites for a beneficial use wetlands creation project based on several criteria, including distance from the channel deepening location and the water depth at the potential placement sites.

    This information was used in the case study, The Water Institute of the Gulf — Port Fourchon: Supporting Resiliency on an Evolving Coast