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Louisiana's Holiday Tree Recycling Outlives State Budget Cut

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Water Management, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Agency, Coastline, Land Reclamation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf Coast, Cypress Trees, Louisiana Dept. Of Agriculture and Forestry, St. Tammany Parish, Budget Cuts, Green News
Susan Buchanan

New Orleans and nearby parishes plan to collect Christmas trees to build brush fences in bayous for marsh rebuilding this January even though the state decided to ax its funding for the program awhile ago.

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Fishing Restrictions Hurt Louisiana's Meal and Oil Processors

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Omega Protein Corp., Aquaculture, Menhaden, LSU AgCenter, Livestock, Fish Oil, Fishmeal, Plaquemines Parish, Noaa, Omega-3 Supplements, Gulf Oil Spill, Daybrook Fisheries, Fishing Boats, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Green News
Susan Buchanan

Boats searching for menhaden -- also called pogy -- were hampered by Gulf fishing closures this summer, reducing the year's catch of that lucrative meal-and-oil species.

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