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onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Agency's decisions about funding criticized as unfair to Louisiana
Agency's decisions about funding criticized as unfair to Louisiana
"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
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onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Porous paving project, part of plans to reduce subsidence
Porous paving project, part of plans to reduce subsidence
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
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onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Louisiana's plan to combat sea level rise
Louisiana's plan to combat sea level rise
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
One Idea To Fight Climate Change
One Idea To Fight Climate Change
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Mississippi River could again trigger ban on levee work next week
Mississippi River could again trigger ban on levee work next week
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Gov. Edwards' plan to combat sea level rise in Louisiana? It starts with greenhouse gas emissions
Gov. Edwards' plan to combat sea level rise in Louisiana? It starts with greenhouse gas emissions
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Reward set for leads on another crane killing
Reward set for leads on another crane killing
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Officials ban construction near levees but will not open Bonnet Carre as Mississippi River rises
Officials ban construction near levees but will not open Bonnet Carre as Mississippi River rises
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
onthehook8
restorecoast
7y
Bay Bonanza: Not fishing ‘outside' waters in winter? Think again
Bay Bonanza: Not fishing ‘outside' waters in winter? Think again
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Captain Jughead: Hard-working guide has a blast catching cats under jugs
Captain Jughead: Hard-working guide has a blast catching cats under jugs
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
This channel is a winter wonderland for speckled trout
This channel is a winter wonderland for speckled trout
“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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Rain, low water give us time to clean up, put up and get ready
Rain, low water give us time to clean up, put up and get ready
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
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Fishermen need to show up and speak at speckled trout hearings
Fishermen need to show up and speak at speckled trout hearings
So to achieve a 20% reduction in the annual harvest, the state staff’s chart shows we’d have to go to a 12-fish daily limit, keeping the 12-inch size limit, to come close to reaching that “target” in three
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
New Orleans unveils $445K porous paving project, part of plans to reduce subsidence
New Orleans unveils $445K porous paving project, part of plans to reduce subsidence
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Amid Maurepas funding hoopla, agency's decisions criticized as unfair to Louisiana
Amid Maurepas funding hoopla, agency's decisions criticized as unfair to Louisiana
"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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
A Trillion Trees: How One Idea Triumphed Over Trump’s Climate Denialism
A Trillion Trees: How One Idea Triumphed Over Trump’s Climate Denialism
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Rising Mississippi River in New Orleans could again trigger ban on levee work next week
Rising Mississippi River in New Orleans could again trigger ban on levee work next week
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
GULF SHRIMPERS FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN A FERTILIZER-FUELED DEAD ZONE
GULF SHRIMPERS FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN A FERTILIZER-FUELED DEAD ZONE
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Has the mystery behind Keith Richards' acoustic sound on You Can’t Always Get What You Want finally been solved?
Has the mystery behind Keith Richards' acoustic sound on You Can’t Always Get What You Want finally been solved?
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
onthehook8
envirocoast
7y
Louisiana black bear will remain off endangered list after judge dismisses lawsuit
Louisiana black bear will remain off endangered list after judge dismisses lawsuit
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

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