A vast Levee and floodgate system has been developed over the past few centuries by the Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to fix the river in its place. This Levee system has led to both subsidence and flooding issues, preventing sediment from being deposited to the outer gulf, which would normally counteract erosional forces. Isle De Jean-Charles lies outside of the levee system. Canals dug by oil companies have further broken up the marsh, allowing salt water to penetrate its interior.

    The State Government, with support from a federal grant, is relocating the remaining 50 members of the Biloxi-Choctaw-Chitimacha Tribe 200 miles North to a farmland.The cost of resettlement is $48 million. Their way of life will change.
    Because of the high expense, climate refugees will relocate individually, scattering to the wind. Local heritages are lost forever.