‘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

While the science is clear – wetlands have lots of benefits and we know how to build more of them – the future is not. The growing Wax Lake Delta provided data for the now-stalled Mid-Barataria sediment diversion, which is designed to rebuild wetlands in nine parishes along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The post ‘A living laboratory’: An accidental delta taught Louisiana scientists how to rebuild wetlands appeared first on The Lens.