From the Chesapeake Bay to the Everglades, there are a number of coalitions dedicated to restoring and protecting America’s Great Waters that the National Wildlife Federation leads or is a member of.
As climate change continues to produce more intense storms and rising seas, some of Louisiana’s congressional delegation wants to make protecting the nation’s shorelines a top priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
As climate change continues to produce more intense storms and rising seas, some of Louisiana’s congressional delegation wants to make protecting the nation’s shorelines a top priority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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$2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion attracts more opposition
The project aims to restore and sustain eroding wetlands in and around Barataria Bay, an area that stretches roughly from southeastern Lafourche Parish to southwestern Plaquemines.
Mark Schleifstein
NEW ORLEANS Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the St. Bernard Parish Council have come out against the proposed $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
The officials called it a threat to commercial and recreational fishing, bottlenose dolphins and the economies and cultures of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.
Councilwoman Kerri Callais said the estimated 21 square miles of new land created by the diversion over 50 years is not enough to offset the potential loss of revenue from fisheries or the effects on the area s heritage.