America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) announced that it has ceased operations on March 9, 2020 after nearly two decades of creating a sea change in public and policy-maker awareness of coastal wetland loss, its impacts and the urgent need to address it.
America’s WETLAND Foundation (AWF) announced that it has ceased operations on March 9, 2020 after nearly two decades of creating a sea change in public and policy-maker awareness of coastal wetland loss, its impacts and the urgent need to address it.

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WWLTV: NASA astronaut shares stunning photo of Louisiana from space

February 13, 2020
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared a stunning photo of south Louisiana from space Tuesday. The photo was taken from the International Space Station where Meir is currently working on her first spaceflight. “The #Mississippi River delta looking like somebody spilled their watercolors,” Meir wrote on Twitter, describing how the muddy waters from the Mississippi and...
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WaPo: $130M in BP spill money to help reconnect big swamp to river

February 13, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will get $130 million in BP oil spill money to link its second-largest coastal swamp back up to the Mississippi River, and Alabama will receive funds to add up to 12,000 acres (4,800 hectares) to a wildlife management area. The RESTORE Council, made up of officials from the five Gulf states...
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