America's Wetland: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana
Raising awareness of the impact of Louisiana's wetland loss and increasing support for efforts to conserve and save coastal Louisiana. Find out about restoration efforts, educational resources for the classroom, and facts about the wetlands and their wildlife.
www.americaswetland.com
Coast 2050
Federal, state, and local partnership for the restoration of coastal Louisiana's ecosystem.
www.coast2050.gov
Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: A Resource At Risk
USGS factsheet outlining how natural processes and human activities during the past century have drastically affected and reduced Louisiana's wetlands.
marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/LAwetlands/lawetlands.html
Louisiana DNR Office of Coastal Restoration and Management
Responsible for the construction of projects aimed at creating, protecting and restoring the state's wetlands. Find news, project summaries, and reports from the coastal management, restoration and engineering divisions.
dnr.louisiana.gov/crm
Nature's Revenge: Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands
2002 special by Daniel Zwerdling and American RadioWorks on the plight of Louisiana's wetlands.
americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands
NPR: Wetlands and Flooding in New Orleans
All Things Considered program discussing how diminished wetlands have left New Orleans is at greater risk of flooding during a hurricane.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4822549&ft=1&f=2