I stopped on the bridge over the Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion, to look for some wildlife. I didn't find any wildlife but was lucky enough to catch the ship heading up the river. The ship is about 1.5 miles away from me. There are two railroad tracks, a road and a levee in between me and this ship. This diversion project diverts water from the Mississippi River to the swamps to simulate what used to happen before levees in order to help restore/preserve the wetlands. Fresh water is released using control gates and flows through the diversion and into a ponding area, through the swamps and out to the lakes. Here you can see the diversion a little better
You can learn more about the diversion at the Army Corps of Engineers http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/dpond/davispond.htm