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• Built to Burn ~ Les Feux de Joie

  
  The Task at Hand — Authority: 391
  Standing atop the levee in Butte LaRose, a long, narrow settlement on the western edge of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, my traveling companion and I considered our options.  Breaux Bridge and Bayou Teche lay well behind while St. James Parish, home of the Christmas Eve bonfires we’d traveled to see, still lay ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Orleans Finally Gets a Hurricane Protection Plan

  
  Observations — Authority: 113
  Portion of New Orleans protection plan: better levees (purple), rebuilt wetlands (orange) and Mississippi River water diversions to sustain healthier marshes (blue triangles). Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans in 2005 and little has been done since then to improve long-term storm protection for the city and ...
  2 weeks ago

• California water system in need of major repair, says commentary

  
  Aquafornia — Authority: 137
  From the Independent Voter Network, this commentary: “The California Department of Water Resources warned in a December report that 50% of the state’s aging levees are not up to standard and up to $17 billion is needed in repairs and infrastructure investment. This of course comes at a very bad financial time for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Along Mississippi River, Rebuilding Levee After Spring’s Flood

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  Milus Wallaces farm had some $2 million in damage, to be only partly repaid through insurance.
  2 weeks ago

• Wednesday’s top of the scroll: Levee reimbursement plan extended in legislation sponsored by Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Solano

  
  Aquafornia — Authority: 137
  From the Vacaville Reporter: “The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee voted Tuesday to continue a successful program that helps local agencies maintain and strengthen levees that protect lives, farmland, and drinking water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The 9-0 decision approved Senate Bill 200, ...
  2 weeks ago

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