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The Mississippi River delta – what the corps knew and when they knew it!
Editor’s note: Tom Sands is a distinguished authority on the lower Mississippi River, and I have long respected his broad experience, vision and judgment with...
Fighting coastal red tape – part two
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part piece on a press release from Governor Jindal’s office that specified problems and proposed solutions...
Governor’s Office wants to cut coastal red tape – pay attention! (Part 1)
Note from the editor: I call your attention to a recent press release from the Governor’s Office re impediments to progress on coastal protection and restoration...
Original master plan for the coast rediscovered – and comment deadline looms on corps’ Cat 5 report.
After reading the July 15 post on the paper by Michael Blum and Harry Roberts (The real trouble with Harry), Dr. Sherwood “Woody” Gagliano, arguably...
Boiling frogs, cap-and-tax, mermaid prohibition and other foolish distractions
Boiling the Frog by Paul Krugman compared climate change (CC) denial to frogs in a pot failing to notice as the water temperature approaches a fatal point. I promised...
Is there a future for Louisiana shrimp and corn soup?
Editor’s note: The following is an unsolicited (but gratefully accepted) guest post on gulf hypoxia by Don Boesch.* The title refers to the uncertain outlook...
Cinderella story: Policy paradigm shifts for the Atchafalaya, part two
Editor’s note: Part one of this two-part post discussed the apparent decision on the part of the US Army Corps of Engineers (corps) to consider altering...
Don’t sneeze at Atchafalaya policy changes! Part one: adjusting the coastal faucet
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series discussing far reaching modifications in management policy re the Atchafalaya River, changes that will...
WS Merwin, poet and coastal restorationist
Editor’s note: Independence Day 2009 seems an appropriate time to wax philosophical so here’s a new wrinkle for LaCoastPost – a poetry post. WS...
