Latest Mississippi River Delta News: September 14, 2012

Survey reveals problems in local estuaries
By Nikki Buskey, The Daily Comet (Lafourche Parish, La.). September 11, 2012.
“An aerial survey of the coast after Hurricane Isaac found significant erosion of coastal marshes. But it may have also unveiled another ongoing problem in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes that dates back further…” (Read more)

La. fights for coastal funding
By Jordan Blum, The Advocate. September 10, 2012.
“WASHINGTON — With another hurricane having battered Louisiana’s coast, leaving thousands with flooded homes, the state now has a $50 billion master plan for coastal restoration and hurricane protection that was approved earlier this year…” (Read more)