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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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Environmental correspondence course will link to LaCoastPost
The major processes and forces that impinge on the largest delta in North America - the Mississippi River delta Editor’s note: My time and intellectual...
Bugs on the bayou part three – mosquitoes
Editor’s note: I wrote this post because of my conviction that coastal insects have largely been ignored by systems ecologists, including the folks proposing...
February 2010 Coastal Scuttlebutt: daily miniposts
February 28 The second day of the “Building Resilience Workshop, Innovative Sustainable Flood, Solutions for the Gulf Coast” was as information rich as...
