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‘A living laboratory’: An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands

While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The growing Wax Lake Delta provided data for the now-stalled Mid-Barataria sediment diversion, which is designed to rebuild wetlands in nine parishes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

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Our kids deserve better: vote NO on 3

“Accountability is about helping someone take responsibility and change,” Malcolm Jenkins writes “It’s about making sure they never go back down that same road again. And for kids, that only works when you treat them like kids.”

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