Louisiana’s Wetlands Are Being Lost At The Rate Of One Football Field Every 38 Minutes

Science Daily ^ | 1-4-2008 | Louisiana State University.

[A Strict Constructionist]

This is not surprising to me. The Corps makes work by helping Congress with projects in their districts to maintain their support for more projects, most unneeded.

The break on the 17th. street canal that became a TV standard was in the back yard of a friend of mine. His interaction with the Corp could be the basis of a good book on boondoggles. This one canal and the MRGO could make a nice congressional investigation. Nothing happens without the Corps. Those on this forum that talk about La corruption should include the Corp as an enabler or at least co-conspirators.

[Tanniker Smith]

Okay, now they're complaining that there isn't enough water in Louisiana? Can they get some extra from New Orleans?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

There’s not much man can build that a good cat 5 hurricane can’t remove.

[UCANSEE2]

Louisiana call Nevada Lost and Found Department.

[scrabblehack]

Defintions for wetlands vary, but none is so restrictive as a swamp. Typically a wetland requires 10-14 days of standing water a year, along with appropriate vegetation (which is rather common). So if you had a puddle in your back yard for 2 weeks in a year, chances are you have a wetland.

[Onelifetogive]

No one will give you money to save a Swamp!

Also works with Jungle/Rainforest!

[Founding Father]

The modifications to the Mississippi river by the Corps of Engineers, the canals, etc. are largely the cause of the land loss.

You sir have the winning post.

The people of Louisiana wish to thank the Army Corps of Engineers for the destruction of their state.

[RightWhale]

Why are they playing football in wetlands?

[dayglored]

When I first came here, this was all swamp.

Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them.

It sank into the swamp.

So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp.

So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.

But the fourth one stayed up.

And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England.

[NickFlooding]

I read a lot of cute posts to this article.

Here is another one to have some fun with.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/magazines/fortune/no_energycrisis.fortune/index.htm

[NickFlooding]

Twelve hours since I posted my reply and no more cute reply posts about Louisiana loosing her coastline? It would also seem that no one has the nuts and or guts to make sport the coming loss of 25% of America’s energy supply infrastructure?

Go figure.