Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared the newly-restored Queen Bess Island, home of the Brown Pelican, officially reopened for nesting. The traditional nesting season for pelicans and other colonial water birds begins in mid-to-late February. Edwards said before this restoration started last August, only five of the island’s 36 acres were usable for nesting. Now all 36 acres are available. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) oversaw the engineering, design, and construction of the $18.7 million restoration project. The project was funded from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. Queen Bess Island is located northeast of Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish and is the fourth-largest Brown Pelican rookery in Louisiana, supporting 15-20 percent of the state’s total pelican nesting activity.
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