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March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coming in like a lion in south Louisiana? March 9 Mark Schleifstein’s article in today’s The Times-Picayune describes the unusually cold and wet approaching Spring in south Louisiana, resulting from a strong El Nino condition...

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Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Garrett Hartley doing his thing on Jan. 24th (original photo sans anthill from The Times-Picayune) by Len Bahr, PhD* I recently posted an article on an innovative suggestion by a highly credible hydraulic engineer that could benefit the...

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Mitigating for MRGO with the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal

Mitigating for MRGO with the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal

Figure 1a (top) and Figure 1b (bottom) Images at two scales from Google Earth by Len Bahr, PhD* After years of brainstorming about effective ways to reconnect the Mississippi River to its dying delta I rarely hear truly...

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Pricing nature: are delta resources fungible?

Pricing nature: are delta resources fungible?

Mother Nature sporting a blank price tag by Len Bahr, PhD* On February 27 at a coastal Workshop in New Orleans, Garret Graves, Louisiana’s top coastal official, announced a new state strategy for coastal planning that envisions, among...

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Mekong and Mississippi deltas: defoliation vs. ‘refoliation’

Mekong and Mississippi deltas: defoliation vs. ‘refoliation’

Left: A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong Delta. 26 July 1969/National Archives photograph. Right: State workers recently replanting lost vegetation on Cheniere...

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March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coming in like a lion in south Louisiana? March 9 Mark Schleifstein’s article in today’s The Times-Picayune describes the unusually...

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Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Garrett Hartley doing his thing on Jan. 24th (original photo sans anthill from The Times-Picayune) by Len Bahr, PhD* I recently posted an...

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Can the 4th estate effectively watchdog restoration of the 3rd coast?

Can the 4th estate effectively watchdog restoration of the 3rd coast?

Two effective tools of whistleblowers by Len Bahr, PhD* During the 9+ years left in this decade, two systems of global significance face huge...

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March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coastal scuttlebutt: daily miniposts

March coming in like a lion in south Louisiana? March 9 Mark Schleifstein’s article in today’s The Times-Picayune describes the unusually cold and wet...

Read Full Story »

Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Kicking the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal anthill…

Garrett Hartley doing his thing on Jan. 24th (original photo sans anthill from The Times-Picayune) by Len Bahr, PhD* I recently posted an article on an innovative...

Read Full Story »

Mitigating for MRGO with the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal

Mitigating for MRGO with the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal

Figure 1a (top) and Figure 1b (bottom) Images at two scales from Google Earth by Len Bahr, PhD* After years of brainstorming about effective...

Read Full Story »

Pricing nature: are delta resources fungible?

Pricing nature: are delta resources fungible?

Mother Nature sporting a blank price tag by Len Bahr, PhD* On February 27 at a coastal Workshop in New Orleans, Garret Graves, Louisiana’s top coastal official,...

Read Full Story »

Mekong and Mississippi deltas: defoliation vs. ‘refoliation’

Mekong and Mississippi deltas: defoliation vs. ‘refoliation’

Left: A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong Delta. 26 July 1969/National Archives...

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Can the 4th estate effectively watchdog restoration of the 3rd coast?

Can the 4th estate effectively watchdog restoration of the 3rd coast?

Two effective tools of whistleblowers by Len Bahr, PhD* During the 9+ years left in this decade, two systems of global significance face huge challenges: (1)...

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Saving the Mississippi R. delta is a 3D issue

Saving the Mississippi R. delta is a 3D issue

The coordinate surfaces of the Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z). The z-axis is vertical and the x-axis is highlighted in green. Thus, the red plane shows the...

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Criticizing coastal policy is not unpatriotic!

Criticizing coastal policy is not unpatriotic!

LaCoastPost editor using thumb power to influence coastal policy By Len Bahr, PhD* Since retiring from the Governor’s Office in September ‘08 I’ve...

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CO2 regulation and ethanol subsidies fuel state/federal disputes

CO2 regulation and ethanol subsidies fuel state/federal disputes

Bobby Jindal and Lisa Jackson debate energy-related issues critical to Louisiana. by Len Bahr, PhD* Based on experience gained during my long tenure at the...

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New coastal plan NOT ready for prime time!

New coastal plan NOT ready for prime time!

The retouched cover page of the plan, with a green eye shade symbolizes the fact that the plan is heavy on accounting details but misses the big picture. Editor’s...

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