This week, as we neared the #Katrina10 anniversary, a federal judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers must pay the full $3 billion cost of restoring wetlands destroyed by the agency’s … Read more
Louisiana
Helping Pollinators One Garden at a Time
As a passionate gardener, I believe all gardens, open fields, and community habitats can be made sustainable using native plants to help wildlife. Wildlife rely on native plants for food, cover, … Read more
Get Outdoors Louisiana-Style
New Orleans is a popular travel destination, but if you stick to the city, then you miss a big part of what makes Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta so amazing: the marshes … Read more
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 … Read more
BP Vs. Science
Nearly five years after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, scientists are finally starting to get their arms around the impacts of the oil and dispersants on the Gulf of Mexico. … Read more
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 … Read more
Flora of Wax Lake: Louisiana’s Best-Kept Secret to Coastal Restoration
Read the original post at Delta Dispatch. The Wax Lake Delta, a lush secluded enclave of natural beauty located in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya River Basin, is a hunter’s paradise among many … Read more
A Bird’s Eye View of Coastal Erosion
Each day I pass an egret on the way to work that lingers in the watery ditches in my town. It amuses me that this elegant bird seems to give … Read more
Restoration Funding Bill Dies in La. Senate Committee
A bill that was meant to protect Louisiana’s Coastal Restoration and Protection Fund (Coastal Fund) quietly died before it hit the Senate floor in Baton Rouge. Louisiana House Bill 490 … Read more
