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| 4.29.13 |
Editorial: Mississippi River problems felt here By: Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Staff, Chicago Sun-Times Chicago is used to thinking of itself as a city on a lake. But it’s also a city on the edge of the vast Mississippi River watershed, and it has a large stake in how well that watershed is managed. |
| 4.26.13 |
Mississippi River's Many 'Parents' Look To Unify From time to time, the America's WETLAND Foundation shares stories of interest. The story below was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" national broadcast on April 25, 2013. The reporter attended THE BIG RIVER WORKS Forum in Chicago and interviewed many of the presenters from the Forum. |
| 4.17.13 |
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is calling on the nation to be bold in setting a new course for one of America's greatest resources. "The Mississippi River is America's lifeblood, but it has been tested recently by droughts, flooding, pollution and invasive species," Gov. Quinn said. "Whether you look to the Big Muddy to move products to market or for recreation, you cannot ignore the alarms. We must work together to protect this national treasure." |
| 4.3.13 |
La. lawmaker seeks to dedicate BP Clean Water Act fines for coastal restoration By: Kyle Barnett, Legal Newsline Legal Journal BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) – A pre-filed bill in the House of Representatives by Rep. Simone Champagne (R–Jeanerette) would allow voters to decide on a constitutional amendment that would dedicate Clean Water Act fines from the 2010 BP oil spill to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund. |
| 4.2.13 |
Louisiana coast frenetically eroding three years after spill By: Laurie Wiegler, Examiner.com Capt. Ryan Lambert, owner of Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, La. and spoke with scientists from and with the National Wildlife Federation in a press teleconference at 10 a.m. CT today. |
| 3.15.13 |
Entergy Announces Environmental Initiatives Funding By: America's WETLAND Foundation Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) is casting a broad net to identify environmental improvement projects to support through its shareholder-funded Environmental Initiatives Fund. Entergy is partnering with American Carbon Registry and America's Wetland Foundation to get the word out to a broad array of potential project partners. |
| 3.5.13 |
AWF River Initiative Builds Momentum The America's WETLAND Foundation mourns the loss of Paul McIlhenny, Chairman and CEO of the McIlhenny Company and Vice Chairman of the America's WETLAND Foundation Board of Directors. This past year, Paul received the AWF Lifetime Achievement Award, a most fitting tribute to a man who lived and breathed the issue of restoring Louisiana's coast and its precious wetlands. |
| 2.22.13 |
DELTAS2013: Your Voyage to Vietnam Starts Here The America's WETLAND Foundation and Vietnam National University, in conjunction with our many partners, are pleased to announce that DELTAS2013 |
| 1.27.13 |
Our Views: A big push for big river By: The Advocate One of the best initiatives of the last year was not strictly governmental, but encompassed public and private sectors involved in the economic and environmental development of the Mississippi River watershed. |
| 1.17.13 |
Mississippi River needs consensus to ensure sustainable future, conservationists say By: Elizabeth Dunbar, Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota conservation groups, farmers and researchers joined a Louisiana-based group on Thursday to discuss threats to the Mississippi River and ways to overcome them. America's Wetland Foundation, based in New Orleans, is organizing the forums in several cities along the river. |
| 12.7.12 |
River leaders convene as drought projections threaten navigation America's WETLAND Foundation 3rd Big River Forum urges multi-state cooperation. |
| 12.4.12 |
A call for more cooperative Mississippi River management By: America's WETLAND Foundation Editor's note: The following op-ed appeared today in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Disasters remind us of what we value most yet often take for granted. They tend to expose our failures as a society to face reality and do what is necessary to safeguard our vital assets. Recent Hurricanes Sandy and Isaac, for instance, served as tragic reminders that our coastal cities are more vulnerable than ever to increasingly powerful storms, sea level rise and coastal erosion. |
| 12.3.12 |
By: America's WETLAND Foundation The New Orleans Saints helped raise awareness about the plight of Louisiana's coast by dedicating their Monday night football game on November 5, 2012 to the America's WETLAND Foundation. |
| 11.30.12 |
America's WETLAND Foundation Holiday Gift Guide 2012 By: America's WETLAND Foundation NEW ORLEANS - The America's WETLAND Foundation's Holiday Gift Guide features a wide variety of gifts that support conservation efforts. Each one of these five unique gifts is available online and can be shipped in time for Christmas! A portion of the proceeds will be used to support the Foundation's volunteer projects to replant wetlands and marshes along the Gulf Coast. |
| 11.13.12 |
Saints Honor America's WETLAND During Monday Night Football By: America's WETLAND Foundation The New Orleans Saints dedicated last night's nationally televised game against the Philadelphia Eagles as "America's WETLAND Foundation Day at the Dome." |
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