Wayward barge could've broken our chain of protection

Originally posted on December 16th, 2012.  View the original post here. Everyone knows a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But engineers also know this: The more links in a chain, the greater the chance of failure. Keep that...

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Maybe Bob Marshall’s Lost Land Tours can help us rebuild Louisiana’s coast

  Aired WGNO's News With a Twist on October 24, 2012. Read the website article here Bob Marshall has been an outdoors writer for the Times-Picayune for decades. He knows Louisiana’s coast and waterways better than just about anyone.  It was great...

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BP criminal fines could be a game changer for Louisiana's coast

Originally posted on November 26th. View original post here. When coastal groups begin considering candidates for conservationist of the year awards, I hope Attorney General Eric Holder -- or at least his office -- is at the top of their...

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Wetlands 101: Saving Louisiana refuges

View the original article here published on 10/22/12 in NolaVie By Renee Peck editor of NolaVie New Orleanians have been feeling a bit smug since Hurricane Isaac. After all, the Corps of Engineers’ $14.6 billion levee system worked just fine. Not so fast, says wetlands...

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Lost Lands lie at the city's door

View the original article here published on 10/22/12 in NolaVie By Renee Peck editor of NolaVie It’s out there, lapping at our feet, a hand’s-breath away. Magnificent and perhaps doomed, a siren calling with a melody that most of us fail to hear. Louisiana’s...

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After Sandy, there's no denying global warming

Originally posted on November 8, 2012.  View the original post here. They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. If that boast holds, then Hurricane Sandy may have done more for the future of southeast Louisiana...

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End of the Line: Losing Louisiana?

View the original article here. by Roy Blount Jr. - June/July 2012 Finding hope and a new cat while kayaking Sometime around the mid-sixties, people who’d
thrived for generations by catching, selling, and eating wildlife along the Louisiana coast started noticing that water...

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Sportsmen favor protection over energy, according to poll: Other outdoors notes

Originally posted on September 30, 2012.  View the original post here. A new national election-year poll confirmed what previous surveys have shown: the vast majority of sportsmen of both political parties believe protecting fish and wildlife habitat should be given priority even if...

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