Jodi Mesh News Today

When we first visited in march of last year. >> i learned by schooling. >> jodi mesh showed us how decades of development redrew the swamp. >> this should be full of water right now? >> right. there should be water flowing across this whole swamp. >> instead, miles of dams created by pipelines. >> now we produce probably about maybe 20, 30% of what we used to produce. >> we returned this week to find the state and federal government issued new permits. >> this is the newest plan under constructi...

In crisis. nbcs vaughn hilliard visited the basin that once supported 3,000 fishing jobs now whittled down to 300. >> oh, theres my baby. >> ben lives off of louisiana waters. >> this is my front yard. >> reporter: forri ifishing ame most expansive swamp. when we visited in march of last year the swamp was suffering. >> crawfish have to have current to be able to move and survive. >> reporter: the result they say of oil and gas pipelines changing the waters. >> you cant sell a dead crawfish. >> ...