They can’t survive if the water isn’t salty enough, and they won’t leave their home in Barataria Bay.
Permit for first sediment diversion will take at least 2.5 years (and that’s fast)
State coastal agency says midyear budget cuts could delay restoration projects
Interactive map shows flooding risk as Gulf rises and southern Louisiana continues to sink
Scientists say Louisiana’s latest projections for coastal flooding are grim, but realistic
Coastal flooding may force thousands of homes in Louisiana to be elevated or bought out
The latest version of the state’s coastal restoration plan, released today, offers a much grimmer view of the future than before. Twice as much land could be lost if the state does nothing. Even if everything works as planned, about 27,000 buildings may have to be elevated, flood-proofed or bought out, including about 5,900 in St. Tammany.
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Native Americans of Grand Bayou seeking help to remain in homeland
When the state officials drew the cost-benefit limits of expensive coastal restoration on a map of coastal Louisiana, some Native Americans found themselves on the wrong side of a government decision. Again. They’d like justice, but they’ll settle for help in maintaining their way of life. Neither is likely.
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New research: Expect more intense rainstorms and flooding in southern Louisiana
The people of Isle de Jean Charles aren’t the country’s first climate refugees
The island is endangered for the same reasons that much of coastal Louisiana has become part of the Gulf of Mexico: The land is sinking, river levees are preventing it from being replenished, oil and gas drilling accelerated erosion — and on top of that, seas are rising.