Emily Guidry Schatzel

Recovery and Resilience on Louisiana’s Coast
On August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida struck southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds. It ties Hurricane Laura (2020) and The Last Island Hurricane (1856) as …

Win for Wildlife: Louisiana Approves Master Restoration Plan
The Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana is home to some of North America’s highest concentrations of wildlife. From the beloved Louisiana black bear to Louisiana’s answer to the flamingo, the …

Sportsmen Call for Governor to Restore Louisiana Coast
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 …

No Joke – Oil Still Contaminating Louisiana Coast
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 …

Five Years After the Oil Spill, Dead Dolphins and 25,000-Pound Tar Mat Found
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 …
Mississippi River’s newest distributary in danger of being closed
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 …