Latest news: July 11, 2012

Thanks for a job well done
Editorial, The Daily Comet (Lafourche Parish, La.). July 9, 2012.
“U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu was in Thibodaux Monday, and the news was all good…” (Read more)

Louisiana Delta: Mother Nature Got it Right the First Time
By Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life. July 10, 2012.
“The area where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most engineered places in the country. For two centuries people have drained marshes, rerouted the river and built about 2,000 miles of levees…” (Read more)

See Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands in Beasts of the Southern Wild
By Ann Banks, Conde Nast Traveler. July 10, 2012.
“Directed by first-time filmmaker Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild is set in a marshy bayou in South Louisiana outside the levees..” (Read more)