Louisiana's ambitious coastal vision
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 01:01
in Earth & Climate
Hammered by hurricanes, the gulf oil spill and rising sea levels, the state proposes a new plan for the levees protecting New Orleans and other areas.On an unseasonably warm winter morning, Earl Armstrong Jr. eases his airboat out of the slip, past a fishing crew hacking up a shark on the pier and a canal strung with hunting camps on stilts, into the broad waters of West Bay.