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The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana serves as a unique aerial highway for brown pelicans, known for their distinctive features like a seven-foot wingspan and elongated reddish beaks. These pelicans

Bayou Sauvage, situated in the northeast corner of New Orleans, is the largest national wildlife refuge within a city in the United States, spanning 30,000 acres of forest and marsh. It hosts a diverse

Louisiana ranchers, such as Amelia Kent and Joey Register, are grappling with the effects of an exceptionally hot and dry summer. The pastures are barren, ponds are shrinking, and only harmful weeds are

In June, a team of about 30 trained personnel used specialized boats and equipment to successfully capture and relocate a mother and baby bottlenose dolphin from a tidal pond near Grand Isle. These dolphins

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards led a groundbreaking ceremony near Ironton on the Mississippi River's west bank for the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. This ambitious

The poll indicated 73% of respondents support diversions to rebuild coastal land, up from 68% in 2021. When further information was provided, the share increased to 80%. Interesting article about what

“Louisiana’s largest sources of money to pay for coastal restoration and protection work will run dry within the next decade, leaving the state far short of the cash needed to fulfill its master plan,

Lanky and long-beaked, the cranes are North America’s tallest birds. They’re also one of the continent’s most endangered. Their numbers fell to just 20 in the 1940s. By the 1950s, they had vanished from

“Low water can have as great a cost, or greater, than high water,” said Jim Strickland, mayor of Memphis, Tenn., where river levels reached a historic low at the end of October. “We have all these tools

The two areas have the potential to generate enough power for almost 3 million homes, according to BOEM. That’s enough electricity for the combined populations of Houston, New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

The projects are located in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, using sediment dredged from area lakes and bays and the Mississippi River. Interesting article about the various wetland

The deal comes a week after a federal appeals court sent a similar lawsuit, also led by Carmouche, back to state court for trial, potentially clearing the way for more than 40 similar suits that allege

"This excellent initiative from the University of New Orleans has the potential to positively impact the transition of workforce to the emerging opportunity of offshore wind," he said. Interesting

Underneath the Governor Nicholls Street Wharf in New Orleans on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Water from the Mississippi River typically covers this area. Interesting photos of the extremely low level of

By Army Corps estimates, at least 85,000 acres of wetland will benefit from the added freshwater flows. Interesting article about a new pumping station being built in South Louisiana, but for me the

The river is so low that officials with the Army Corps of Engineers last week announced a plan to build a 45-foot-tall wall across the bottom of the river to prevent a "wedge" of saltwater from

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that, if the flow control structure isn't built, Quarantine Bay will build 5 acres of land a year, and Bay Denesse will build 9 acres of land a year. If the

Thanks to a new natural diversion from the Mississippi River, outflowing sediment is rebuilding marsh and land in this area on the east side of the river across from Buras These are some great photos of

Researchers primarily from Tulane want to find out. They're studying whether recycled glass turned into sand can help slow land loss devastating Louisiana's coast. Interesting article about how researchers

“The trustees believe that a sediment diversion is the only way to achieve a self-sustaining marsh ecosystem in the Barataria Basin, ” the report said. Interesting article about a fresh water sediment