November 24th 2021

Without restoration, New Orleans east wetlands set to vanish in 50 years

“Our land has been subsiding for various reasons because of the levees that we built, there is a natural subsidence process so land is sinking. We have also built channels, Martine channels from oil and gas that have brought salt into a freshwater system, it’s really damaging to all of these wetlands," said Barbara Johnson, Great Delta Tours.

‘There’s going to be no fishing.’ Can Mississippi marshes be saved from sea level rise?

Studies find that river diversions can overcome Louisiana’s rapid sinking

Two new studies led by former Tulane University doctoral students show the likely benefits of land building by river diversions, despite these deposits initially causing rapid subsidence in coastal Louisiana.

Less water to flow through Mississippi River diversion opposed by oyster growers, fishers