Latest Mississippi River Delta News: April 24, 2014

Four years after blowout, scientists report signs of life near BP Macondo well, Biloxi Sun-Herald reports
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. April 23, 2014.
“Scientists returning to Gulfport Tuesday from a month-long research cruise in the Gulf of Mexico report a return of fisheries and other wildlife…” (read more)

Louisiana Highway 1: The Wild Game Supper Of Larose
By Eve Troeh, WWNO (New Orleans, La.). April 22, 2014.
“Casey Curole, one of the event coordinators, says saltwater intrusion has let to an extreme loss of land in his lifetime…” (read more)

BP Balks at Oil Spill Research Costs
By Tim Wall, Discovery. April 23, 2014.
“BP is refusing a request from the U.S. government to pay for evaluations of the damage caused after the company’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded…” (read more)