America's Wetland Foundation

Resiliency after Katrina, Gulf oil spill topic of forum at Hard Rock

By: Kaija Wilkinson, Gulflive

Successfully rebuilding after some of the worst disasters in history has been the happy result of the cooperation of a diverse group of stakeholders from across the Gulf.

Gulf Coast Leaders Find Environmental Troubles Intensifying

By: Rhonda Miller, MPBONLINE

Even as the Mississippi Gulf Coast is recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, a new environmental report finds natural disasters are intensifying.

Gulf states should unite to win Federal support for coast

By: Oil Online

Leaders and stakeholders in the battle to restore the Gulf Coast may have different needs, but there must be unity to persuade Congress to fund coastal restoration and protection, participants in a two-day America's WETLAND Foundation forum in Biloxi agreed Wednesday.

Coastal forum open to public

By: Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald

BILOXI -- A blue-ribbon consortium on resilience and the Gulf Coast is tackling issues such as land loss and the future of the barrier islands. It will hold a forum at the Hard Rock Hotel today and Thursday.

Wetlands protection and coastal concerns highlight conference

By: Steve Phillips, WLOX13

Community leaders are discussing coastal restoration at a two-day conference in Biloxi. The forum is one of several being held throughout the Gulf Region.The issues include protecting wetlands and sharing ways to make communities more storm resilient. Lessons learned after Katrina are also among the discussion.

Coastal protection is goal of meeting

By: Mary Perez, The Sun Herald

Meetings being held across the five Gulf states will give local environmentalists and community leaders a voice in identifying threats and finding solutions to protect coastal resources.

Outdoors notebook: Estuaries taking losses

By: Bob Marshall, The Times-Picayune

Here's some news that shouldn't surprise Louisiana coastal residents: The nation continues to lose wetlands at a steady pace, and coastal estuaries -- the most productive wetlands -- are suffering the most rapid declines.

America's WETLAND Volunteers Plant "Floating Islands" to Save Louisiana's Native American Lands From Disappearing

By: ABC 12 News

Hundreds of volunteers helped launch 187 "floating islands" in a demonstration project of new technology to protect the area south of Houma, Louisiana, that is considered to be "ground zero" for coastal land loss in America.

Comments on the Preliminary Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy Report."

By: America's WETLAND Foundation

The America’s WETLAND Foundation is pleased to provide comments and respond to the Preliminary Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Restoration Strategy Report.

LA RIDER TV STORY ON WETLANDS

By: Bob, LA TV Rider

LA Rider TV takes a ride with members of the Houma MAC chapter to see the effects of Coastal Erosion in the area and to see first hand some of the things that are being done to fight it. One is the Floating Islands Project.

Future of the Gulf : An Editorial

By: Editorial Staff, New York TImes

Breaking News: From time to time, the America's WETLAND Foundation shares stories of interest. Below, is an editorial that appeared in the New York Times on October 8, 2011:

The United Houma Nation, Staying Afloat

By: Frank McMains, Indian Country

Toward the southern end one of the many narrow, low, longitudinal ridges that extend from Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico, the United Houma Nation has been struggling to preserve its way of life.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill response can be part of a broader recovery, task force says

By: Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

The federal-state Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force released a wide-ranging list of strategies Wednesday for repairing damage done to Gulf of Mexico ecosystems by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and by other long-term threats.

U.S. Gulf restoration draft unveiled

By: UPI

A task force on restoring the ecosystem along the U.S. Gulf Coast outlines an agenda that could reverse 80 years of mismanagement, an official said

Island's land loss fix takes root

By: Mike Nixon , Tri-Parish Times

Proclaiming that they are tired of waiting for somebody to do something, regional residents took charge of their future this week, and turned what some had said was a lost cause regarding Louisiana's physical deterioration into hands-on rebuilding of their coastal marshlands.