May
01
2013
Originally posted on April 24th, 2013. View the original post here.
A Louisiana native who was raised in Independence, Petrolia said the idea for the survey came to him after seeing a growing number of “America’s Wetland” bumper stickers. They’re circulated...
May
01
2013
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...
Mar
20
2013
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...
Mar
20
2013
Originally posted on March 8th, 2013. View the original post here.
Thirty-five miles south of New Orleans, the silt-laden Mississippi River intermittently rolls through a 150-foot gap that started opening on the river’s east bank during the Mardi Gras 2011 flood....
Feb
28
2013
Originally posted on February 27th, 2013. View the original post here.
Yes, we can. And, by the way: You’re wrong.
That’s how Garret Graves, head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and some coastal scientists have responded to federal researchers...
Feb
27
2013
Originally posted on February 21st, 2013. View the original post here.
Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date.
While state officials...
Feb
25
2013
By Tom Yulsman for Discover Magazine. View original post here.
Part of the problem comes from damning along the Mississippi, and construction of levees, which prevent sediment from flooding out into the wetlands like they once did. The result: As...
Feb
24
2013
Feb
13
2013
Originally rinted in the February 2013 Natural Awakening Magazine.
Lost Lands Environmental Tours is a new company offering boat tours of the area's coastal wetlands as a combination of eco-tourism, education and recreation. This new venture is working with environmental...
