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January 17, 2010

Volunteers help replant trees in eastern New Orleans wetlands | NOLA.com

More than 100 volunteers, organized by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, tramped through mud in eastern New Orleans on Saturday, planting about 250 trees to help restore a wetlands forest decimated by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

Before the storm, the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, along with the surrounding forest land, was a top urban nature center.

Group sponsors event to restore Avery Island wetlands | 2theadvocate.com

America’s Wetland Conservation Corps is holding a marsh planting session from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday to help restore Avery Island wetlands.

Diverting Sediment-rich Water Below New Orleans Could Lead To Extensive New Land | ScienceDaily Science News

The land would equal almost half the acreage otherwise expected to disappear during that period, a new study shows.

As the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico, it deposits its load of sediment in a delta. View of the lower Mississippi River delta below New Orleans, with predictions for new land. (Credit: AGU/EOS)

Disappearing Wetlands Taint New Orleans’ Rebound From Katrina | Bloomberg.com

The destruction of lush wetlands accelerated four years ago last month, when Hurricane Katrina struck. The third-deadliest storm in U.S. history claimed more than 1,800 lives, displaced 1 million residents and damaged more than half of New Orleans’ housing stock. Katrina also wiped out 80 square miles of marsh within hours, four times the amount lost by the entire state in a year.

Seattle students put down roots in Louisiana | Thibodaux, LA | DailyComet.com

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Pauline Phelps (left) and Madeleine Stein, both 15 and both of Seattle, plant grass along the banks of Lake Boudreaux Thursday as part of a wetlands-restoration project.

Nine students from Seattle looked at home wading and crawling waist deep in the through the mud and muck of Terrebonne’s Lake. late last week. They joined Girl Scouts from Houma in planting grass on a newly created shoreline that will help protect Dulac residents from the lake’s creeping erosion …

New Orleans Under Water by 2100, Study Says | ChattahBox News Blog

A new study has shown that by the year 2100 global warming will have caused a great portion of the coastal line of Louisiana, including New Orleans, to be almost completely submerged in water...

Mega Engineering: Floating New Orleans | Discovery | video

Rebuilding New Orleans as a City At Sea may be its best protection from future disasters.

Watch on Discovery Channel Videos: http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mega-engineering-floating-new-orleans.html

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June 26, 2009

The future of Louisiana - Coastal erosion causes remapping of coastline | LSU | Tigerweekly.com

Louisiana is home to some of the most unique landscapes in the country. With this unique land, though, comes a great price for the residents of the state. With Lake Pontchartrain located near New Orleans, the Mississippi River flowing down through the whole state, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana is constantly threatened by rising waters.

Category 5 / Wetlands Watch | PBS | Louisiana Coast | WLAE

http://www.category5wetlandswatch.org

Category Five/Wetlands Watch is a monthly show, airing at 8:00 PM (Central Time) on the first Friday of each month. Scheduled to air for at least six months (with WLAE rerunning the show at various times throughout the month).

Next two shows will air on WLAE, Channel 32 (14 on Cox New Orleans) on:
Friday, July 3
Friday, August 7

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