The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe Needs Your Help
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YOU CAN HELP THIS LOUISIANA TRIBAL COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE IDA Many small coastal communities across southeast and south-central Louisiana are relying on support from neighbors and strangers as they recover from the devastation from Hurricane Ida. Restore the Mississippi River Delta is working to highlight some of those communities, and the opportunities to help them as they recover and rebuild in the wake of this storm. Seventy miles below New Orleans in coastal Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, in …
Delta Dispatches: Nature’s Role in Climate Adaptation with SCAPE’s Kate Orff
This week on Delta Dispatches, we’re excited to welcome Kate Orff, Founding Principal of SCAPE. Jacques and Simone talk with her about the role nature can play in adapting to climate change, how she is reimaging landscape architecture through her studio, as well as on-the-ground restoration opportunities from Louisiana to New York. SCAPE’s recent work includes OurFutureCoast.org (https://www.ourfuturecoast.org/) and Kate was featured in the New Yorker in the story “The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Help” (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-seas-are-rising-could-oysters-protect-us). Listen Now:
Knowledge is Power: Introducing a New Guide to Coastal Restoration!
Restore the Mississippi River Delta is proud to present our “Community Guide to Coastal Restoration.” This is a quick reference guide to help you -whether you are new to coastal restoration or very familiar with it – better understand and navigate the web of entities, decision-makers, and funding sources involved in the restoration of our coast. It is available both online, and as a physical booklet. Many in Louisiana are familiar with the land loss crisis the state is facing. We often …
The Town of Ironton, Louisiana Needs Your Help
YOU CAN HELP THIS HISTORIC LOUISIANA COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE IDA A huge number of small coastal communities across southeast and south central Louisiana are fighting back now against the devastation from Hurricane Ida. Restore the Mississippi River Delta is working to highlight some of those communities, and the opportunities to help them as they battle to recover and rebuild in the wake of this storm. Sitting thirty miles below New Orleans in coastal Plaquemines Parish, Ironton is one …
Louisiana needs your help, now more than ever
How you can help people on the ground directly impacted by Hurricane Ida Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana on the morning of August 29 as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds. It ties Hurricane Laura (2020) and The Last Island Hurricane (1856) as the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in Louisiana. Ida remained a destructive storm as it moved inland through the Bayou and River Parishes and maintained hurricane intensity as far north as the …