Point Lash News Today

For a key part of the project. however, thats not all good news for the fishing industry there which has been led predominantly by the black community. joining me now, msnbc correspondent, trymaine lee, whos been covering this story. trymaine, tell us about what youve seen on the ground? >> zerlina, if there ever were and rock in a hard place, this community has found themselves matched up in the middle of that. while louisiana it loses about a football field of its coastline every 100 minutes, ...

According to state estimates, louisiana lost more than 2000 square miles of coastline between 1932 and 19 two and 2016. in part, because of climate change. in order to reverse the flow, state authorities want to divert fresh river water into areas like point lash. hoping the sediment filled water will deposit nutrients along the coast. rebuilding what was lost. but the problem for oyster men like byron, is the freshwater needed to build back that led, can also kill the already depleted waster po...