Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Chandler in Latest NewsBP To Pay Texas $18 Million From Deepwater Horizon Disaster
By Eileen Pace, Texas Public Radio. May 6, 2013.
"Texas is included in five of 28 restoration projects across the Gulf of Mexico under a conditional agreement between BP and Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees…" (Read more)
Proposed La. levee…"
Using the Mississippi River to rebuild Louisiana's coast: David Muth
May 6, 2013 | Posted by Elizabeth Skree in Latest NewsThis story was originally published on NOLA.com and in The Times-Picayune.
By David Muth, Contributing Op-Ed Columnist, The Times-Picayune
May 05, 2013
Coastal experts have been telling us since Katrina that our marshes are getting perilously close to a tipping point. If we don't act very quickly, we may be too late. We…"
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Chandler in Latest NewsUsing the Mississippi River to rebuild Louisiana's coast: David Muth
By David Muth, National Wildlife Federation, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). May 5, 2013.
"Coastal experts have been telling us since Katrina that our marshes are getting perilously close to a tipping point. If we don't act very quickly, we may be…"
Latest Mississippi River Delta News: May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 | Posted by Kevin Chandler in Latest NewsGulf oil a heartbreaker for bellwether fish
By Matt Smith, CNN. May 2, 2013.
"(CNN) — Lingering oil residue at the bottom of Gulf Coast marshes caused heart defects and hindered reproduction in a small fish seen as an environmental bellwether, researchers said Thursday…" (Read more)
Gov. Bryant makes major…"
Louisiana House Bill 118: A commitment to coastal restoration
May 2, 2013 | Posted by Delta Dispatches in Latest NewsBy Cynthia Duet, National Audubon Society
With the first phase of the civil trial for the BP oil disaster in the books, we are one step nearer to seeing Clean Water Act penalties assessed for
