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@onthehook8 Dec 2, 2023, 5:45 PM UTC

The 'surfing' pelicans of South Louisiana

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana serves as a unique aerial highway for brown pelicans, known for their distinctive features like a seven-foot wingspan and elongated reddish beaks. These p…

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@onthehook8 Sep 18, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

Meet the caretaker of Bayou Sauvage, among biggest urban wildlife refuges in U.S.

Bayou Sauvage, situated in the northeast corner of New Orleans, is the largest national wildlife refuge within a city in the United States, spanning 30,000 acres of forest and marsh. It hosts a diver…

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@onthehook8 Aug 23, 2023, 1:35 PM UTC

Louisiana ranchers and farmers are feeling the heat: 'It's just brutal dry'

Louisiana ranchers, such as Amelia Kent and Joey Register, are grappling with the effects of an exceptionally hot and dry summer. The pastures are barren, ponds are shrinking, and only harmful weeds…

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@onthehook8 Aug 20, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

Dolphins at risk from Louisiana's biggest ever coastal project. This plan might save some.

In June, a team of about 30 trained personnel used specialized boats and equipment to successfully capture and relocate a mother and baby bottlenose dolphin from a tidal pond near Grand Isle. These d…

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@onthehook8 Aug 19, 2023, 9:04 PM UTC

$2.9 billion Mississippi River diversion job begins, aims to make 21 square miles of land

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards led a groundbreaking ceremony near Ironton on the Mississippi River's west bank for the $2.9 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. This ambitious wetla…

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@onthehook8 Apr 14, 2023, 10:21 PM UTC

Ahead of governor’s race, Louisiana coastal advocates tout public support for diversions

The poll indicated 73% of respondents support diversions to rebuild coastal land, up from 68% in 2021. When further information was provided, the share increased to 80%. Interesting article about wha…

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@onthehook8 Nov 15, 2022, 1:26 PM UTC

'Fiscal cliff' ahead for Louisiana coastal restoration efforts, report warns

“Louisiana’s largest sources of money to pay for coastal restoration and protection work will run dry within the next decade, leaving the state far short of the cash needed to fulfill its master plan…

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@onthehook8 Nov 10, 2022, 11:40 PM UTC

Meet the woman leading Louisiana's effort to save the endangered whooping crane

Lanky and long-beaked, the cranes are North America’s tallest birds. They’re also one of the continent’s most endangered. Their numbers fell to just 20 in the 1940s. By the 1950s, they had vanished f…

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@onthehook8 Nov 9, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

Mayors across US call for federal assistance as Mississippi River reaches record lows

“Low water can have as great a cost, or greater, than high water,” said Jim Strickland, mayor of Memphis, Tenn., where river levels reached a historic low at the end of October. “We have all these to…

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@onthehook8 Nov 7, 2022, 1:44 PM UTC

Gulf's first two zones for offshore wind farms selected off Louisiana, Texas

The two areas have the potential to generate enough power for almost 3 million homes, according to BOEM. That’s enough electricity for the combined populations of Houston, New Orleans and Baton Rouge…

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