These projects will build 11 square miles of new Louisiana wetlands by next year

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The projects are located in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, using sediment dredged from area lakes and bays and the Mississippi River.

Interesting article about the various wetland restoration projects going on in South Louisiana. Most if not all of these are dredging and planting projects, not fresh water diversion projects. I think a balance is good, but the best bang for the buck is the fresh water diversions. At least something is being done, hopefully they don't run out of money to quickly.....

Read the full story here....
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_a9163f34-50ba-11ed-8c8a-f7589f8f2e22.html

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It's all about the money, dredging brings jobs and kickbacks

True but it should be about nature

It seems like a lot of work needs to be done all over a vast area

It's a BIG problem