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In 2012, an article in The New York Times reviewed the current state of improvements to New Orleans defenses. [6] August 24, 2015, an article in The Huffington Post titled "10 Years After Katrina, Louisiana Is Becoming A Model For Climate Resilience" summarized the current state of Louisiana's shoreline and coastal community protection. [7]
Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
The Chandeleur Islands (French: Îles Chandeleur) are a chain of uninhabited barrier islands approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, located in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the outer boundary of the Chandeleur Sound. They form the easternmost point of the state of Louisiana, United States and are a part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. They ...
USGS quadrangle for Walls, Louisiana 1954 Plantations and river landings of Baton Rouge Parishes of Louisiana c. 1884. Profit Island, originally known as Islands No. 123 and 124, then Prophet Island, [1] and also known as Browns Island and Isle de Iberville, is a 2,300-acre (930 ha) island of the Mississippi River in North America. [2]
Islands of Louisiana (2 C, 11 P) M. Mississippi embayment (1 C, 9 P) ... Pages in category "Landforms of Louisiana" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of ...
Senate Bill 482 by Sen. Heather Cloud would gut public access to information at every level of government. ... which she argues was established in the 2004 state case Kyle v. Louisiana Public ...
Example of land loss in coastal Louisiana between 1932 and 2011; detail of Port Fourchon area. Coastal erosion in Louisiana is the process of steady depletion of wetlands along the state's coastline in marshes, swamps, and barrier islands, particularly affecting the alluvial basin surrounding the mouth of the Mississippi River.
The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Senate Bill 482, which would create one of the broadest ever public records exemptions for state government. It was approved a party-line 6-2 ...