Just got the contract to start work on a host of interpretive media for the Corps of Engineers Bonnet Carre Spillway, located a short drive from New Orleans and located on the Mississippi. We did the interpretive plan last year, and our recommendations were funded for 09/2010. These include several interpretive kiosks, a self-guiding auto tour, interpretive panels at select sites and visitor center exhibits. Matt Kaser, an interpretive designer from Texas will be working with me. It will be cold in MI, so working in Louisiana during winter months will be OK. The photo shows the "long view" of the spillway, which works as a safety valve for Mississippi River water. If the spillway is opened during high river water (a farely rare occurance), the spillway basin is flooded and the overflow is directed to Lake Ponchartrain and into the Gulf. This project will run from November 09 through May of 2010.
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