Latest Mississippi River Delta News: July 22, 2015

Louisiana must safeguard BP settlement money for our coast: John Kennedy
By John Kennedy, The Times-Picayune. July 20, 2015
“With this BP money, we have in our hands a golden opportunity.  We didn’t want this disaster to happen.  However, now we have the means to restore our wetlands and to safeguard this money for future generations.” (Read More)
 
Desperate $68 billion plan to save Louisiana, the sinking state, from going under
By Kate Schneider, news.com.au. July 21, 2015
“Given the importance of so many of south Louisiana’s assets — our waterways, natural resources, unique culture, and wetlands — the effects of this additional land loss and the increased risk of flooding would be catastrophic. We must take bold action now before it’s too late.” (Read More)
 
Use BP oil spill fine money for restoration, voters say
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. July 20, 2015
“An overwhelming majority of voters in coastal communities in Louisiana and other Gulf states continue to see the BP oil spill as a major problem and want oil spill fine money spent on restoration of natural resources, according to a nonpartisan poll released Thursday (July 16) by The Nature Conservancy and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.” (Read More)

Editorial: Coastal Restoration
By James Smith, KSLA News. July 20, 2015
“An overwhelming majority of voters in coastal communities in Louisiana and other Gulf states continue to see the BP oil spill as a major problem and want oil spill fine money spent on restoration of natural resources, according to a nonpartisan poll released Thursday (July 16) by The Nature Conservancy and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.” (Read More)

Predicting the shape of river deltas
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News. July 20, 2015
“Because there are so many people living on a river delta, you want to know what its morphology or shape will look like in the future,” Nienhuis says. “For the Mississippi, the river supplies a lot of sediment. But because there are a lot of dams on the Mississippi nowadays, there is not as much sand coming down the river, so people are very worried about how this delta will evolve, especially with sea-level rise, over the coming centuries.” (Read More)

Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Awards Two Projects to RES
Business Wire. July 21, 2015
“The State of Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Agency has awarded two coastal restoration projects via competitive id to RES’ Ecological Restoration Services subsidiary: CPRA’s BA-141 NRDA Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation Increment II – Vegetative Plantings Project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and CS-33 Cameron Parish Shoreline Sand Fence Replacement Project.” (Read More)