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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of government' gets done, and where the priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned.
We begin in Louisiana, where years of overdevelopment and industrial pollution have placed in jeopardy the Atchafalaya River Basin, the largest river basin in the country. Governor John Bel Edwards has begun what he hopes is a major effort to save the unique ecology of the region. From NOLA.com:
The executive order directs the task force to submit an initial report by Sept. 1, 2021 that will focus on how to best manage navigation, flood control, economics and restoration within the basin and using the basin’s resources along the coast. The report will be submitted to the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The report also is expected to address sources of funding for basin projects and programs.