Well, it would take an extreme sort of idiot to say “wetlands” because if the natural sedimentation process had not been altered the land in question would have been largely dry by now as the coast expanded.
Sometimes a plan which relies upon the public to become ever greator dupes doesn’t work out. This, and “Anthropogenic Global Warming” are two of those times.
if the natural sedimentation process had not been altered the land
in question would have been largely dry by now as the coast expanded.
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Yep they put dams on the Mississippi and others thus changing the course of nature.
Lots of that land upstream would now be coastline but natures process was changed.
The following is an article from back in 2014 that discusses some of the changes and impact.
https://gizmodo.com/the-mississippi-river-is-a-land-making-machine-dredgef-1496762852
The Mississippi River Is A Land-Making Machine: Dredgefest 2014