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Quin Hillyer: The big diversion is too big a risk

Por: The Advocate Opinion October 23, 2022

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There are better ways to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands.It’s not too late to stop a long-imagined but misguided $2 billion project to divert up to 75,000 cubic feet per second of the Mississippi River into the Barataria Basin to replenish disappearing marsh.The public comment period with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the ends Monday. Despite the decades of planning that have gone into the project, the Corps should not approve it right... + full article



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