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‘Ink shortage’ for coastal pens is becoming serious (part two in a series).
Editor’s note: this post on the power of the press in saving the Mississippi River delta is dedicated to one of my journalism heroes, the late Henry “HL”...
March coastal scuttlebutt, daily mini-posts continued
Editor’s note: this continues the daily mini-posts through the end of the month. The first 28 days of March coastal mini-posts are archived. Drill Baby,...
Coastal policy, science and the media are co-equal props for a shaky stool
Figure 1. Three legged coastal milking stool.* by Len Bahr, PhD** Background My goal for this post is to spark a candid critical discussion about what I see as...
Part two on ‘Hybrid’ levees: why the corps shouldn’t get high on exotic (levee) grass.
Editor’s note: My first foray on a Louisiana levee happened on a rainy Sunday afternoon in the mid seventies along the river south of LSU. My tour guides...
New levee lessons, part one
by Len Bahr, PhD* The goal of reducing flood risk from storm surges along the northern gulf coast is typically described in terms of two broad categories: (1)...
Enhancing IHNC, part three
Editor’s note: A smart and creative person referred to here as ‘Ralph Wilson’ offers the following thoughts on how the long-delayed Inner Harbor...
Coastal policy paper more travel guide than road map.
Editor’s note: A 3rd post on the concept of using the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) as a significant source of river...
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...
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...
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,...
