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Delta Dispatches: …And a Pontchartrain Conservancy in a Pear Tree!
New Episode of Delta Dispatches featuring Simone Maloz, Jacques Hebert and Kristi Trail as the guest!
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Amanda Moore & Arthur Johnson Op-Ed
The last hurricane season has made one thing very clear: We need to restore the coast that protects us. Louisiana experienced a truly devastating season, with an historic five landfalls leaving a trail of devastation from Cameron to Chalmette. Our coast is essential to protecting communities, especially here in the Greater New Orleans region.
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Louisiana could join other Gulf states in creating site for estuary research
Louisiana has kicked off an effort to identify part of its coastline that can be added to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastwide National Estuary Research Reserve program.
Key piece of Terrebonne storm protection approved to start construction
State officials announced Wednesday that construction is moving forward for a major flood-protection lock in the Houma Navigation Canal.
Louisiana navigation channels, levees, coastal work OK'd in House bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that could send billions of dollars to Louisiana for water infrastructure projects such as deepening navigation channels, raising new levees and restoring more of the coast and wetlands.
After several challenging years, two state plans may shake up Louisiana's oyster industry
From Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 to the unprecedented use of the Bonnet Carre Spillway over the last decade, Louisiana's multi-million dollar oyster industry has faced constant challenges in recent years.