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Flood protection.(FORUM)(Letter to the editor)
"Restoring and Protecting Coastal Louisiana" by Gerald E. Galloway, Donald F. Boesch, and Robert R. Twilley (Issues, Winter 2009) should be required reading for every member of Congress and every member of the newly appointed presidential administration. It graphically outlines the drastic consequences of the failure of this nation to initiate and implement a system to prioritize the allocation of funds for critical water resource projects.
The tragic history of the continued loss of Louisiana's coastline--beginning with the construction of a massive levee system after the flood of 1927--and the dire implications of that loss for the region and nation have ...
- Restoring and protecting coastal Louisiana; The challenges facing the Gulf...
- Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology Galloway, Gerald E. Boesch, Donald F. Twilley, Robert R. January 1, 2009 700+ words
...such as those in coastal Louisiana. The 2005 disaster...River, the upper Mississippi River, the California...flooding risks. Coastal Louisiana sits at the end...watershed, the Mississippi River basin, delivers...
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PEYRONNIN TESTIFIES ON 'NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE, FLOOD...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News July 7, 2009 700+ words
...Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is a non-profit...protecting a sustainable coastal Louisiana. The views that...land loss crisis in coastal Louisiana. In the past 75...coastal land loss. Mississippi River levees built to...
- Moving the Mississippi: would changing the river's course help save the...
- Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront Dean, Cornelia November 13, 2006 700+ words
...thousands of years, the Mississippi River has acted like a...rich contents along coastal Louisiana. But since the...against flooding, the Mississippi River has essentially...land loss along coastal Louisiana. But the prospect...
- Coastal Louisiana gets that sinking feeling; Subsidence in Bayou may lead to...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor April 24, 2003 700+ words
...Engineers has been trying to prevent the Mississippi River from changing course and heading...that have prevented the silt-laden Mississippi River from replenishing the delta. In...a study suggesting that parts of coastal Louisiana and Mississippi could lose up to...
- The human engineering of catastrophe: coastal maldevelopment and Katrina's...
- Magazine article from: Multinational Monitor Davis, Mark September 1, 2005 700+ words
...director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. After Hurricane Katrina hit, the...many ways it is reconnecting the Mississippi River to its flood plain and coastal plain...come directly or indirectly from the Mississippi River and its tributaries like the Atchafalaya...
- JAMES M. INHOFE ISSUES STATEMENT ON 'NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE, FLOOD PROTECTION,...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News July 7, 2009 700+ words
...particularly well, and I hope we can avoid similar mistakes in coastal Louisiana restoration. My understanding on the pump to the river...at the lakefront or in combination with pumping to the Mississippi River. Preliminary estimates indicate that this option may be...
- SCHOLAR, STUDY DIRECTOR JACOBS ISSUES STATEMENT ON 'NEW ORLEANS HURRICANE,...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News July 7, 2009 700+ words
...equal degrees of flood protection across the city. Higher elevation parts of the region-such as areas on the natural Mississippi River levees-inherently are safer than lower-lying areas-such as extensive areas below sea level in St. Bernard's parish...
- Mississippi River Basin
- Reference information from: Water:Science and Issues Woltemade, Christopher J. January 1, 2003 700+ words
Mississippi River Basin The Mississippi River is North America's longest and largest river in terms...to its delta in southern Louisiana (see map). The Mississippi River drainage basin is the world's second largest, draining...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flood protection.(FORUM)(Letter to the editor)