Bayou Bonjour: Caernarvon Diversion Builds Land and Gives Birth to New Bayou
Straddling the border of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in Southeastern Louisiana is the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion built by the Army Corps of Engineers and operated since 1992 to balance...
View ArticleIn Ads Across State, Leading Wildlife & Fisheries Biologists Endorse Sediment...
By Natalie Peyronnin, Director of Science Policy, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Environmental Defense Fund Twenty-seven leading wildlife and fisheries biologists and other wetlands professionals...
View ArticleTen Years after Katrina, What the BP Settlement Means for Louisiana Restoration
By Steve Cochran, Director, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Program, Environmental Defense Fund Ten years ago, just after Hurricane Katrina, I was asked to talk to Environmental Defense Fund’s...
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The History of Coastal Restoration in Louisiana: More than 40 years of planning
By Estelle Robichaux, Restoration Project Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund and Gaby Garcia, Science Intern, Environmental Defense Fund The damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in...
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Bold Recommendations & Early Citizen Support for Diversions as a Key to...
By Estelle Robichaux, Restoration Project Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund and Gaby Garcia, Science Intern, Environmental Defense Fund This post is part of a series on early restoration planning in...
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Expert Diversion Panel: State has all information needed to make decision on...
By: Alisha Renfro, Staff Scientist, Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition, National Wildlife Federation Diversion locations Sediment diversions are restoration projects that carry sediment and...
View ArticleGroups Pleased As Key Sediment Diversions Advance, Coastal Restoration Funds...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Elizabeth...
View ArticleLouisiana Releases Draft Annual Plan for Coastal Restoration and Protection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Elizabeth...
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Mississippi River’s High Water Brings (Literally) Tons of Needed Sediment to...
By Alisha Renfro, Staff Scientist, Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition, National Wildlife Federation This is the second in a series of blog posts focusing on the recent opening of the Bonnet...
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What can the 1927 flood teach us about coastal restoration?
By Natalie Peyronnin, Director of Science Policy, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Environmental Defense Fund During the historic 1927 flood, a portion of the Mississippi River levee south of New...
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