The Chenier Plain Initiative area extends from Vermilion Bay, Lousiana, to Galveston Bay, Texas. It includes the Louisiana parishes of Cameron, Calcasieu, Vermilion, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Alen, and Evangeline, and the Texas counties of Chambers, Jefferson, Orange, and Liberty. Very small portions of Galveston and Harris Counties are also included at the western edge of the Texas segment. The goal of the initiative is to provide wintering and migration habitat for significant numbers of dabbling ducks, diving ducks, and geese (especially lesser snow and greater white-fronted), as well as year-round habitat for mottled ducks. The Chenier Plain Initiative Plan focuses on the two major waterfowl habitats available, coastal marshes, and the agricultural lands that are dominated by rice, soybeans, and pasture and lie north of the marsh zone.

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