Coon Trap is closed! This is a victory decades on the making. Coon Trap is a river diversion into the Basin's lakes, bayous and wetlands that over the last 30 years has caused more damage to the Basin than any other single project. Sand coming from Coon Trap has filled Bee Bayou, Flat Lake Pass, much of Keelboat Pass, Lake Murphy, and huge amounts of wetlands. Coon Trap has also severely impaired East Grand Lake and would have eventually destroyed the lake.

ABK and LCPA-West's complaints about Coon Trap went as high up as the Mississippi River Commission and the top general for Mississippi Valley Division.

We want to thank anyone from the Corps that made this possible. This video was made on top of the Coon Trap closure structure one day after its completion. 

Dean Wilson and Tommy (TeeCoon) Ashley at the Coon Trap site