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Atchafalaya Basin

How Industries Logged the Atchafalaya Basin Out, and How to Log Back In

Cherri Foytlin | Posted 11.27.2012 | Green
Read More: Gulf Coast, Swamp People, Louisiana, Cajun, Environment, Cherri Foytlin, Atchafalaya Basin, Community Organizing, Deforestation, Drew Landry, Video, Green News
Cherri Foytlin

My destination for the day was the east side of the Basin, where I met with one of my heroes, Dean Wilson, the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper.

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Rollin' on the River

Carl Pope | Posted 08.17.2011 | Green
Read More: Mike Johanns, Missouri River, Mississippi River Floods 2011, Atchafalaya Basin, Mississippi River, Claire McCaskill, Rep. Sam Graves, Sam Brownback, Green News
Carl Pope

Yes, Congressman Graves, the river is managing us -- because we took away the space and resilience that gave the Missouri its capacity to manage itself. We can't afford to do away with nature, however hard you have been trying.

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Louisiana Takes Precautions for Mississippi River Flooding

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Morganza Spillway, Gulf of Mexico, Oysters, Lake Borgne, Atchafalaya Basin, BP Oil Spill, Lake Pontchartrain, P&j Oyster Co., Bonnet Carre Spillway, National Weather Service, Green News
Susan Buchanan

The oyster industry, deflated by river diversions during the BP spill, is bracing for more complications if the Bonnet Carre Spillway is opened. Too much fresh water kills oysters.

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