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The 27 homes are included in a pilot program run by the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. They are among 3,462 homes targeted by the larger elevation plans.

A program that aims to elevate thousands of homes in southwest Louisiana to heights that would keep them above 100-year flood levels through at least 2075 could begin next May with the first 27 houses.

A program that aims to elevate thousands of homes in southwest Louisiana to heights that would keep them above 100-year flood levels through at least 2075 could begin next May

Humans have long tried to tame the Mississippi. In the process, they starved many Louisiana wetlands of the sediment that sustains them.

Louisiana fishing industry officials who fear the loss of their livelihoods are vowing to sue the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority over its planned $2 billion wetlands restoration project south of New Orleans.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is responsible for managing and protecting Louisiana’s abundant natural resources. The department issues hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, as well as boat titles and registrations.

In an effort to combat rising sea levels, engineers are trying to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild the Louisiana coast but fishermen are worried about the impacts.

In an effort to combat rising sea levels, engineers are trying to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild the Louisiana coast, but fishermen are worried about the impacts.

In an effort to combat rising sea levels, engineers are trying to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to rebuild the Louisiana coast but fishermen are worried about the impacts.

The vital Louisiana seafood industry is constantly faced with challenges, and they say our support is needed now more than ever