Nov
21
2012
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...
Nov
09
2012
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...
Oct
28
2012
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...
Oct
11
2012
Oct
02
2012
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...
Oct
02
2012
Originally posted on September 30, 2012. View the original post here.
When local outdoors folk look back on the summer of 2012 they may well remember it as a season of questions. Such as "What happened to the speckled trout?" And "What happened...
Oct
02
2012
Originally posted on September 23, 2012. View the original post here.
That news reminded me of a story back in May 2010, just weeks into the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The first patches of sticky oil had begun to reach the coast,...
Oct
02
2012
Originally posted on September 21, 2012. View the original post here.
As Louisiana begins asking the nation to save its southeast corner from inundation, each of its residents needs this indispensable survival tool: A mirror. Instructions for use in this crisis are...
Sep
10
2012
I wish most of metro New Orleans had been with me Friday as I talked with marina owners in southeast Louisiana. The conversation with Jack Payne at his Sweetwater Marina in Delacroix was typical.
Standing amidst the wreckage Hurricane Isaac...
Sep
10
2012
La. Officials Close 12 Miles of Coastline After Isaac Washes Up Tar Balls, Oil from BP Spill Hotspot
Originally posted on September 04, 2012. View the original post here.
The state is closing a 12-mile section of Gulf coastline from Caminada Pass to Pass Fourchon after Hurricane Isaac washed up large areas of oil and tar balls at...
