Bob Marshall: Mid-Barataria permit controversy raises existential question for South Louisiana

Bob Marshall: Mid-Barataria permit controversy raises existential question for South Louisiana

A political controversy over the long-planned Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion may force a reckoning over how much of South Louisiana's swampy terrain can be saved, writes columnist Bob Marshall.

Will Somebody Go To Jail Over The Corrupt Mid-Barataria Diversion Scam?

Let’s get it out front that here at The Hayride, we’re generally fans of diversion projects which move Mississippi River water into the marshes of southeast Louisiana. Where those projects have been undertaken, they rebuild land lost to coastal erosion. They actually do it very quickly. Here’s a good example which isn’t even a diversion […] The post Will Somebody Go To Jail Over The Corrupt Mid-Barataria Diversion Scam? appeared first on The Hay…

USACE Suspends Permit On Mid-Barataria Diversion Project

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officially suspended a permit issued for the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project being developed in Plaquemines Parish. In a letter sent to CPRA’s chairman Gordon Dove on April 25, USACE Colonel Cullen Jones explained that a variety of changing circumstances and apparent violations lead to the agency making this decision.