Comite field crew Jason Day and Joel Mancuso carried out monitoring at the Bayou Chinchuba and Tchefuncte Marsh assimilation wetlands. Leaf Litter biomass was collected from each forested site (M-Tmt, M-Mid, M-Ref & TM-Tmt). Dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, salinity and pH were measured at all sites. TM-T discharge is off. Water nutrient and water metals samples were taken at all sites TM-Out. Water nutrients were delivered to Curtis Environmental in LaPlace, LA. Free chlorine measurements were made at the package plant that discharges into a canal that leads out to the Mandeville TM assimilation wetland. Measurements were made at the package plant discharge pipe (0.2 ppm) and where the canal meets the wetland (0.0 ppm). Vegetation percent cover estimates were done at all sites. Accretion measurements were taken at the TM-T site. The TM-Mid site was not visited due to land access issues.

Jason Day at the TM-Ref site on August 21, 2018.
Jason Day at the TM-Ref site on August 21, 2018.