I can’t even put into words now deeply saddened I was to hear of Pam’s passing.

She spent much of her life both pre Katrina and especially post Katrina fighting to save our wetlands as well as the closure of the MrGo and the rebirth of the Lower 9.

Pam Dashiell

Pam and I schlepped through Washington D.C as well as New York together. She had some stories to tell.

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led...