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Louisiana: The State We're In | Crime Rates, Storm Damage, Hurricane Recovery, Health Insura | Season 45 | Episode 14
Features Devyani Kar, EDF, discussing Wax Lake Delta and need for coastal restoration in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida:
When Louisiana's trees vanish, so do its wetlands. Here's how some are trying bring them back.
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana organizes the tree-planting event each year — part of the non-profit organization’s effort to involve everyday Louisianans in rehabilitating the state’s natural coastal storm-protection system, which includes barrier islands, freshwater swamps and inland marshes like this one. That system has been ravaged by oil drilling, stronger hurricanes and development in recent decades.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
“That’s nothing to sneeze at, right?” asked Amanda Moore, Deputy Director of the Gulf Program for the National Wildlife Federation and a member of the coalition Restore the Mississippi River Delta. “Like, that’s real money. That’s going into good projects that have great science behind them, that have robust community support…we all need to pay attention and keep an eye on it. And the engagement from the community, and from anybody that cares about the New Orleans area is really, really important.”
Moore has engaged tens of thousands of people regarding the Landbridge project. Out of the many restoration projects for which she advocates, the Landbridge’s importance on a cultural, environmental, and economic level is easiest to communicate to the public. “Because people can look at that and understand, ‘Wow, we don’t want to lose this. This is really important to our future.’ It’s not hard to understand,” Moore said.
Coastal Restoration On Louisiana Coast
Kim Reyher, Executive Director of CRCL, talks about the projects that are helping the coast.