Emily Guidry Schatzel’s Archive

Sportsmen Call for Governor to Restore Louisiana Coast

 |  Feb 16, 2016

In January, the National Wildlife Federation’s Vanishing Paradise program, joined by 124 outdoor businesses and groups, sent a letter to new Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards asking that he stand … Read more

East Grand Terre Tar Ball

No Joke – Oil Still Contaminating Louisiana Coast

 |  Apr 1, 2015

Yesterday, NWF and our coalition partners traveled out to Louisiana’s Barataria Bay to search for continued impacts from 2010’s Gulf oil disaster. We didn’t have to look very hard. Our first … Read more

Five Years After the Oil Spill, Dead Dolphins and 25,000-Pound Tar Mat Found

 |  Mar 18, 2015

One day after BP released a report saying the Gulf is on the road to recovery, we took a trip to one of the most impacted areas from the BP … Read more

Mississippi River’s newest distributary in danger of being closed

,  |  Mar 18, 2013

Last year during Mardi Gras, the Mississippi River carved a small outlet through its bank and found a shorter route to the Gulf of Mexico.This was the river’s way of naturally … Read more