If you rebirth islands they will come. They are.
The restoration of three heavily eroded islands along Louisiana’s coast is providing habitat for dwindling populations of brown pelicans and other colonial waterfowl — a sign of hope for the state bird. Louisiana’s brown pelican colonies have been in deep decline in recent years, according to Todd Baker, a biologist overseeing barrier island restoration projects for the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. “In 2002, we had 30 brown pelican colonies in Louisiana. By 2010, we were down to 22, and as we stand here today, there’s only nine left in Louisiana,” Baker told the CPRA board of directors on Wednesday. “And of those nine, three have been recently restored and three are under design (for restoration.)”
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