BP oil spill choked off important pelican nesting sites on Louisiana coast

Originally posted on The Lens on April 11th, 2014. View original post here. On a bright spring morning, P.J. Hahn is walking through a graveyard in the middle of Barataria Bay. It’s a 30-yard patch of mud and sand bristling with bare,...

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FACING REPLACEMENT ON LEVEE BOARD, JOHN BARRY PLEDGES MORE ACTION ON COASTAL LOSS

Originally posted on October 16th, 2013. View original post here. “And my involvement in the lawsuit,” which the flood authority has not abandoned, “isn’t over by any means. In fact, I might be even more involved now because I have...

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New research indicates Mississippi River diversions could harm marshland

Originally posted on April 10th, 2013.  View the original post here. For decades, those leading the life-and-death struggle to keep southeast Louisiana from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico have had a battle cry: “Put the river back into the...

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Louisiana Lost Lands Environmental Tours

Written by Kristy Christiansen for Country Road Magazine, March 2013. View original post here.  Saving Louisiana's wetlands one paddle trip at a time. There was a slight coolness in the air as we watched our guide, Lindsay Pick, methodically untie the knots securing our...

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