Cat Island (Louisiana)

This article is about Cat Island. For the Wildlife Refuge, see Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Cat Island
Cat Island in 2016
Geography
LocationCat Bay
Administration
United States
StateLouisiana
Demographics
PopulationUninhabitated

Cat Island was a Marshy Eroding Island in Cat Bay, Louisiana. It was a nesting ground of pelicans and other birds.

The island started to show signs of erosion in the 1990s. During the BP oil spill, the island was heavily affected and the plants that once kept the island from erosion disappeared.[1]

References

  1. ^ WakingTimes (2017-05-05). "The Forgotten Island Destroyed by the Gulf Oil Spill". Waking Times. Retrieved 2019-03-31.


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