"Louisiana experienced over 80% of the injury associated with the spill, but only received 34.5% ($551 million) of Bucket 3 funds." Interesting article about how money from the BP oil spill gets

The city has long been in the habit of paving over open spaces with impervious concrete and pumping every inch of rain quickly into its drainage system to keep streets dry. Interesting article about how

Edwards also announced that the state will put $115 million from an expected state surplus into the coastal trust fund, and that the state also will receive at least $120 million in federal offshore oil

It is far from clear that the United States government will actually plant any trees, or that a trillion trees would do much in the near term to stop the worst effects of planetary warming. Interesting

Because the river is high, water has been leaking through the wooden slats in the 350 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway for several weeks. The resulting sediment has stained most of Lake Pontchartrain

Edwards also announced that the state will put $115 million from an expected state surplus into the coastal trust fund, and that the state also will receive at least $120 million in federal offshore oil

The latest count is estimated to be 76 whooping cranes remaining in southwestern parishes. Interesting article about a reward for info leading to the arrest of a whooping crane killing. I don't understand

Meanwhile, state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority officials said they are reviewing the potential for using river diversions that are not yet built, but are part of the state’s coastal Master

Pellegrin has perfected the pattern since then, and regularly runs out to Wine Island, Timbalier Island, the Sulphur Mine and the litany of wellheads and cribbins that dot lower Terrebonne Bay. Interesting

An average haul using 20 jugs is six to eight catfish, he said. Interesting article about how to fish catfish under a jug. That's amazing to me, that fishing can be so easy sometimes. I remember having

“I’ve been fishing the exact same area for three weeks or a month, and not having to move 200 yards one way or another, and catching between 20 and 40 a day, depending on my clients’ ability to figure

There’s not water in those marshes: canals are at least three feet below what we’d consider “normal,” and marsh ponds are near bone dry after producing as many as 50 bass and 20 redfish on a day’s fishing

The city has long been in the habit of paving over open spaces with impervious concrete and pumping every inch of rain quickly into its drainage system to keep streets dry. Interesting article about how

"Louisiana experienced over 80% of the injury associated with the spill, but only received 34.5% ($551 million) of Bucket 3 funds." Interesting article about how money from the BP oil spill gets

It is far from clear that the United States government will actually plant any trees, or that a trillion trees would do much in the near term to stop the worst effects of planetary warming. Interesting

Because the river is high, water has been leaking through the wooden slats in the 350 bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway for several weeks. The resulting sediment has stained most of Lake Pontchartrain

The Atchafalaya Swamp acts as a filtration system, with plants feeding on nitrogen and phosphorus and slowing the flow of water travelling south. Interesting article about the dead zone in the Gulf Of

MacLennan was kind enough to map out his approach to nailing Richards’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want sound for us: Interesting article about the guitar playing by Keith Richards and how he gets that

For now, it is illegal to hunt Louisiana black bears. But a 2018 survey by the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries found that 46% of Louisiana residents support a sustainable hunting season for