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154 Environmental, Fishing, Chemical Reform, and Community Groups Demand Public Health Attention in the Wake of the BP Oil Disaster
A diverse coalition of 154 groups, including Waterkeeper Alliance, United Houma Nation, Association of Family Fishermen and 69 different Waterkeepers organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of community members around the country, Mexico and China, sent a letter to EPA Administrator Jackson and HHS Secretary Sebelius demanding action on the growing public health crisis on the Gulf Coast.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: BP, Full Gulf Coast, Louisiana, oil disaster, public health crisis, Wilma Subra
Mississippi River Flood of 2011 – Bonnet Carré Spillway
Update and Ground Patrol for Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
by Wilma Subra, Paul Orr and Michael Orr May 20, 2011
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is located on the Mississippi River 28 miles above New Orleans, adjacent to the community of Norco.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bonnet Carr Spillway, Lake Pontchartrain, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Flood, New Orleans
Mississippi River Flood of 2011 – Atchafalaya River, Basin and Backwater Areas
Update and Ground Patrol for Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
by Wilma Subra May 15, 2011
Atchafalaya River
The Atchafalaya River receives 30% of the flow from the Mississippi River via the Old River Control Complex northeast of Simmesport, Louisiana.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Atchafalaya River, Backwater Areas, Mississippi River Flood, Morgan City Berwick, Morganza Spillway
Mississippi River Flood of 2011 – Timeline and Links
Flooded roads near St. Francisville, LA.
On Monday May 9, 2011 Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper went on a patrol of the Mississippi River in light of the rising flood waters. We drove the river areas in East Baton Rouge Parish, West Feliciana and Point Coupee Parishes and conducted an on-the-water patrol from the New Roads Ferry Landing to Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge and back.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bonne Carre Spillway, General Information, Landry Parish President, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Flood
Mississippi River Flood of 2011
On Monday May 9, 2011 Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper went on a patrol of the Mississippi River in light of the rising flood waters. We drove the river areas in East Baton Rouge Parish, West Feliciana and Point Coupee Parishes and conducted an on-the-water patrol from the New Roads Ferry Landing to Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge and back.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bonne Carre Spillway, DOTD, General Information, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Flood
Historic Flooding on the Mississippi River
As if we have not had enough disasters and catastrophes lately we are now experiencing flooding of historic proportions in the Mississippi River Basin. NOAA released new projection on Monday May 2, 2011 that predicts that the Mississippi River flood levels will exceed the levels during the Great Flood of 1927; reaching a projected highest level ever recorded in Vicksburg MS.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bonnet Carre Spillway, Great Flood, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Mississippi River Basin, Quapaw Canoe Company
Video – Hunting for Oil
On the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Journey OnEarth explores how much damage the disaster has caused
In the debut episode of Journey OnEarth, we look at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster through the eyes of the people looking for answers.… Results of Aquatic Tissue Sampling – November 2010
Results of Aquatic Tissue Sampling Performed by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper in November 2010
by:Wilma SubraSubra Company
Paul OrrLower Mississippi River Keeper
Michael OrrLouisiana Environmental Action Network
In November 2010, the Lower Mississippi River Keeper and Louisiana Environmental Action Network collected oysters, shrimp, crabs and fish tissue samples from:
St.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Bernard Parish, Plaquemines Parish, Subra Company, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Sampling Revisit of Southeast Pass
Follow up sampling performed by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper in the Mississippi River Delta on December 21, 2010
by:Wilma SubraSubra Company
Paul OrrLower Mississippi River Keeper
Michael OrrLouisiana Environmental Action Network
On August 3, 2010, and December 21, 2010, the Lower Mississippi River Keeper and Louisiana Environmental Action Network sampled soil in the Mississippi River Delta near the mouth of Southeast Pass.… 
The wetlands here look typical, with nothing unnatural about the appearance of the water or the browning of the mid winter marsh grass. But with minimal effort it is easy to shatter the sense of normalcy of both of these sights.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Barataria Bay, Gulf Coast Charter Captain Alliance, Last Friday, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, oil, Tracy Palmisano
