Jason Dugas
Jason Dugas is a Geographer at the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center. His duties include remote sensing and GIS analysis of Louisiana and Northern Gulf Coast's coastal wetland habitats. Projects include the mapping of National Parks and Wildlife Reserves, historical Civil War battlefield sites along with various historical land change analyses and wetland habitat mapping.
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Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2021 habitat map, West Chenier Region Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2021 habitat map, West Chenier Region
The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands...
Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation (CS-54): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation (CS-54): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025) Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025)
This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2021. Specifically, the map includes presence and absence of seagrass beds within a potential seagrass extent that was based on topobathymetric data. A minimum mapping unit of 4 square meters was used for this mapping effort. First release: May...
East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2021 land-water classification East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28): 2021 land-water classification Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Large-Scale Marsh Creation Project – Upper Barataria Component (BA-0207): 2021 land-water classification Large-Scale Marsh Creation Project – Upper Barataria Component (BA-0207): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions...
Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008): 1998 land-water classification Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008): 1998 land-water classification
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set...
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001): 1998 pre-construction land-water classification of the BA-0001 Ponding Area Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001): 1998 pre-construction land-water classification of the BA-0001 Ponding Area
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set...
Cameron-Creole Maintenance (CS-04a): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Maintenance (CS-04a): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Cameron-Creole Freshwater Introduction (CS-49): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Freshwater Introduction (CS-49): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
GIWW (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) to Clovelly Hydrologic Restoration (BA-02): 2018 land-water classification GIWW (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) to Clovelly Hydrologic Restoration (BA-02): 2018 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery System (BA-39): 2021 land-water classification Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery System (BA-39): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
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Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2021 habitat map, West Chenier Region Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program – 2021 habitat map, West Chenier Region
The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands...
Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation (CS-54): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation (CS-54): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025) Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025)
This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2021. Specifically, the map includes presence and absence of seagrass beds within a potential seagrass extent that was based on topobathymetric data. A minimum mapping unit of 4 square meters was used for this mapping effort. First release: May...
East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2021 land-water classification East Sabine Lake Hydrologic Restoration (CS-32): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28): 2021 land-water classification Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation (CS-28): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Large-Scale Marsh Creation Project – Upper Barataria Component (BA-0207): 2021 land-water classification Large-Scale Marsh Creation Project – Upper Barataria Component (BA-0207): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions...
Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008): 1998 land-water classification Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion (BS-0008): 1998 land-water classification
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set...
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001): 1998 pre-construction land-water classification of the BA-0001 Ponding Area Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion (BA-0001): 1998 pre-construction land-water classification of the BA-0001 Ponding Area
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority develop restoration plans in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set...
Cameron-Creole Maintenance (CS-04a): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Maintenance (CS-04a): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Cameron-Creole Freshwater Introduction (CS-49): 2021 land-water classification Cameron-Creole Freshwater Introduction (CS-49): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
GIWW (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) to Clovelly Hydrologic Restoration (BA-02): 2018 land-water classification GIWW (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) to Clovelly Hydrologic Restoration (BA-02): 2018 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...
Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery System (BA-39): 2021 land-water classification Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery System (BA-39): 2021 land-water classification
The Louisiana State Legislature created the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to...