Louisiana is losing a football field every hour from its coastal marshes. It’s barrier islands and coastal marshes are Louisiana’s first line of defense against hurricanes.
Ivor van Heerden, a coastal scientist at Louisiana State University, put Louisiana’s coastal dilemma very succinctly: “Barrier islands protect the wetlands. The wetlands protect the levees. The levees protect the [...]
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