http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/01/mid-baratara_sediment_diversio.html
One of the last few things President Barack Obama did was approve this sediment diversion on the west bank of the Mississippi River. This sediment diversion is a beginning part of the 50 year, $50 billion project to stabilize the wetlands and coastline of Louisiana. The diversion will move 75,000 cubic feet per second of sediment and water from the Mississippi into Barataria Bay, which used to be marshlands. The movement of sediment is now quite politicized so we’ll have to see what happens next to the Mississippi River Delta during the new administration.