Maknockanut Lake Plantation
 Maknockanut Lake Plantation is the larger of Cleco’s two reforestation projects implemented and managed by the company. Cleco has planted thousands of hardwood seedlings over the 3,600 acres of marginal farmland in central Louisiana. When complete, Cleco will have planted up to 800,000 seedlings, built permanent and seasonal water impoundments, created wetlands management areas and installed erosion control measures.
The project has been endorsed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Ducks Unlimited, Black Bear Conservation Committee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North America Waterfowl Project and the local Loose Alliance Bird Club.
The project also features a 210-acre commercial wetlands mitigation bank. Agencies and companies can buy credits from a bank based on the functional losses in a wetland area. Federal guidelines stress that credits may only be authorized when adverse impacts are unavoidable. Credits from the Maknockanut mitigation bank are sold for mitigation purposes in the lower Red River drainage area.
The award-winning project has been recognized by the Southeast Electric Exchange.
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