‘A living laboratory’: An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands

‘A living laboratory’: An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands

Ivan Vargas-Lopez and Sophia Lingo walk along wooden platforms in Wax Lake Delta to examine soil samples as part of their research into how Atchafalaya River sediment has added to its coastal delta. (Elise Plunk/Louisiana Illuminator) ST. MARY PARISH —  Amid the rapid erosion of Louisiana’s coast, something hopeful is happening where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A flow of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has accidentally give…