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Losing Ground: Louisiana's Moon Shot

This story is second in a two-part series on Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing coastline. View the project here. AS BRIG. GEN DUKE DELUCA WRAPPED up his 32-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August, he contemplated the key...

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Louisiana Lost Lands Tours

Originally posted in St Charles Magazine on November, 2014. View original post here. BY LINDSAY MACK Louisiana Lost Lands Environmental Tours L3C offers a unique take on the traditional swamp tour. Winding through the wetlands, this tour showcases the beauty of...

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Offiicals ill-prepared to help those outside of levee system, Tulane study finds

Originally posted on The Lens on October 2nd, 2014. View original post here.   Tulane researchers recently sought the answer to a question the coastal-restoration community usually avoids: What happens to people and towns if state fails in its efforts to...

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Committee must meet again Friday to pick board member for levee authority

Originally posted on The Lens on September 23rd, 2014. View original post here. The struggle for control of the regional flood authority board and its lawsuit against oil and gas companies for wetlands damage has taken an unexpected turn. Jay Lapeyre, chair of...

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Search narrows for firms to provide proposals to restore Louisiana coast

Originally posted on The Lens on September 22nd, 2014 . View original post here. Louisiana has narrowed its worldwide search for help in solving its coastal crisis to three teams, each loaded with local, national and international experts. The Changing Course Competition Leadership...

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Committee’s decision preserves levee authority’s lawsuit against oil and gas industry — for now

Originally posted on The Lens on September 18th, 2014. View original post here. Back to you, Gov. Jindal. He has the next move to determine the fate of the local levee authority’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies for wetlands damage...

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Lawsuit fight makes choosing new Flood Authority members a very tricky business

Originally posted on The Lens. View original post here. “Byzantine” is the word members of the nominating committee for the local flood protection authority often use to describe the complicated, multi-layered matrix of qualifications that must be met to fill a vacancy...

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Two applicants for regional levee board wouldn’t shift support for lawsuit

Originally posted on The Lens on August 12th, 2014. View original post here.   Gov. Bobby Jindal is trying to appoint people to the regional levee board who oppose its lawsuit against oil and gas companies, but if he had to...

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Levee authority asks judge to rule on constitutionality of law that would scuttle lawsuit

Originally posted on The Lens on August 5th, 2014. View original post here.   The local Flood Protection Authority asked a federal judge Tuesday for an expedited ruling on the constitutionality of a new state law that seeks to kill its...

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