America's Wetland Foundation

Comments on the Preliminary Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy Report."

By: America's WETLAND Foundation

The America’s WETLAND Foundation is pleased to provide comments and respond to the Preliminary Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy Report.

LA RIDER TV STORY ON WETLANDS

By: Bob, LA TV Rider

LA Rider TV takes a ride with members of the Houma MAC chapter to see the effects of Coastal Erosion in the area and to see first hand some of the things that are being done to fight it. One is the Floating Islands Project.

Future of the Gulf : An Editorial

By: Editorial Staff, New York TImes

Breaking News: From time to time, the America's WETLAND Foundation shares stories of interest. Below, is an editorial that appeared in the New York Times on October 8, 2011:

The United Houma Nation, Staying Afloat

By: Frank McMains, Indian Country

Toward the southern end one of the many narrow, low, longitudinal ridges that extend from Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico, the United Houma Nation has been struggling to preserve its way of life.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill response can be part of a broader recovery, task force says

By: Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

The federal-state Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force released a wide-ranging list of strategies Wednesday for repairing damage done to Gulf of Mexico ecosystems by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and by other long-term threats.

U.S. Gulf restoration draft unveiled

By: UPI

A task force on restoring the ecosystem along the U.S. Gulf Coast outlines an agenda that could reverse 80 years of mismanagement, an official said

Island's land loss fix takes root

By: Mike Nixon , Tri-Parish Times

Proclaiming that they are tired of waiting for somebody to do something, regional residents took charge of their future this week, and turned what some had said was a lost cause regarding Louisiana's physical deterioration into hands-on rebuilding of their coastal marshlands.

Floating Islands to Restore Marsh

By: Terry Trahan Jr, The Houma Weekly

A handful of organizations have their fingers crossed that 187 “floating islands” planted near what’s left of the road that leads to Isle de Jean Charles will support existing marshes and create new land, all while raising awareness for those who call the island home.

Presidential Gulf Coast task force outlines restoration strategies

By: Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

The federal-state Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force today released a wide-ranging list of strategies for repairing damage done to Gulf of Mexico ecosystems by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and by other long-term threats.

Restoring America’s WETLAND Cited as Critical to Nation

By: America's WETLAND

America’s WETLAND Foundation Chair R. King Milling’s statement praising the release today of strategies by the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Gulf Coast Ecosystem Task Force:

Floating Islands to Restore Marsh

By: Terry Trahan Jr, The Houma Weekly

A handful of organizations have their fingers crossed that 187 “floating islands” planted near what’s left of the road that leads to Isle de Jean Charles will support existing marshes and create new land, all while raising awareness for those who call the island home.

Watch the Entergy Video from Sept. 22 Isle de Jean Charles Event

More than 100 Entergy volunteers help launch floating islands in a demonstration project of a new technology to protect the coast south of Houma, Louisiana, that is considered to be ground zero for coastal land loss in America.

More help for Louisiana's coast: An editorial

By: The Times-Picayune

Rebuilding Louisiana's fragile coast is an urgent cause for this state, but coastal restoration also deserves to be a high national priority.

Coast report to be released Wednesday

By: Nikki Buskey, The Daily Comet

A long-awaited report detailing the federal strategy to restore the Gulf Coast will be released Wednesday for public review.

The conservative case for saving the coast

By: Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune

The water keeps rising, the coast keeps sinking and the nation still ignores us. So, not surprisingly, I keep getting this question: What needs to happen for the country to finally realize Southeast Louisiana is running out of time? There's no getting around one of the answers: