Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Feb. 13, 2014

Louisiana bays and bayous vanish from nautical maps
By Rick Jervis, USA Today. Feb. 12, 2014.
“Flip Tayamen has seen the wetlands of his childhood disintegrate and vanish. Still, he was stunned to hear that those bays and bayous…” (read more)

BP Oil Spill: Dolphins Plagued By Death, Disease Years After Rig Explosion
By Huffington Post Canada. Feb. 12, 2014.
“Missing teeth. Lung disease. Extreme hormone levels. Four years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, gushing some 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the region is rife with death and disease, according to a major U.S. study…” (read more)