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These projects will build 11 square miles of new Louisiana wetlands by next year

Por: The Advocate Business October 27, 2022

Keeping two New Orleans lakes separated. Filling in the Golden Triangle. And the biggest marsh restoration project ever attempted by the state.Those are among the projects under construction and on track to build nearly 11 square miles of new land by early 2023, state officials say. While only a tiny portion of the amount of land lost over the last century, it still amounts to more than 5,300 football fields' worth of wetlands that will... + full article



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