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NEW MRD Webpage: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Our Best Shot to Turn the Tide on Coastal Land Loss
It’s time to turn the tide on this land loss crisis, and that means getting the Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion constructed with urgency. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion would be the largest individual ecosystem restoration project in U.S. history. It’s the scale of project needed to confront the very serious challenges facing Louisiana’s coast.
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SW La.'s three wildlife refuges slowly healing after storms
Features: Erik Johnson & Katie Barnes, Audubon
You, too, can be a researcher. Take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count
Features: Katie Percy, Audubon
DINING | Oyster Innovators - Biz New Orleans
In the past year, Brandi Shelley has worked tirelessly to innovate and improve Shelley Farms’ operations, recently traveling to Canada to learn about off-bottom cultivation there. After seeing and tasting the results of depuration tanks used in Canadian oyster cultivation, Shelley Farms acquired a wet storage machine, the first of its kind in Louisiana.
Freshwater intrusion has become a constant problem for oysters harvested in local waters, diminishing the saltiness required for a good-tasting oyster. Two or three days in wet storage dramatically increases an oyster’s salty flavor, guaranteeing salty oysters 365 days a year.
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Letters: Fossil fuels the old Louisiana, we should turn to what comes next
We are still having the wrong conversation. Instead of reframing and reimagining what this state could be, so many of us are being pigeonholed into believing that oil and gas is all we have ever been and all we will ever be.
While yes, I was born and reared in Louisiana, proudly so, and while yes, I come from a family of uncles and great uncles, neighbors and friends who have earned their living in the oil and gas industries, I can still envision a healthier, happy and just Louisiana.