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Award-winning Cajun chef, restaurateur, three time James Beard Best Chef of the South finalist, Top Chef finalist, and Louisiana native, Isaac Toups, shares his story on growing up in Rayne, LA, and how it has shaped his experiences and relationship with the bounty of the coast. To protect the coast and everything it provides for us, support the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion by following the link in our bio. @toupsmeatery
Supporter Spotlight: Captain Ryan Lambert
World-class charter fishing captain and local business owner, Captain Ryan Lambert knows that using the Mississippi River is our best chance to save our coast. Delivering sand, mud, clay into the basin will strengthen our natural lines of defense from storm surge, which is essential for our future in south Louisiana.
You can do your part in saving the coast by channeling your voice and signing up with the link in our bio to support the largest ecosystem restoration project in the world!
Supporter Spotlight: Warren Coco
Warren Coco, owner and founder of @godevilmfg, has seen the land-building effects of natural diversions. When the Mississippi River breaks over the bank into a crevasse, deltas are formed.
The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will mimic these natural diversions at a larger scale. The project will build and maintain thousands of acres of land. Preserve Louisiana's Sportsman’s Paradise and support the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion by lending your name to the cause today by signing up with the link in our bio.
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Gov. Edwards tours Trinity-East Island as construction continues on Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island Project
Mississippi River falls in New Orleans, but Bonnet Carré Spillway opening not out yet
“The 16-day future rainfall guidance does not show any additional rises on the lower Ohio and lower Mississippi,” Graschel said in a Tuesday briefing of emergency managers. “Heavy rain over Louisiana and Mississippi could cause some momentary rises of a few tenths (of a foot) on the lower Mississippi River, but an overall falling trend will continue over the next few weeks.”
But officials with the Army Corps of Engineers are still taking a wait and see attitude on the need to open the Bonnet Carré relief point to flow river floodwater into Lake Pontchartrain this year, said Ricky Boyett, spokesman for the New Orleans Division office of the Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the spillway.
“It is not possible to make a determination whether operation of (the Bonnet Carré Spillway) or any flood control structure will be necessary,” he said.
That’s because history shows the Mississippi River is fickle, Boyett said.