Report addresses flood concerns, recommends dredging of Alligator Bayou and the restoring of a more natural hydrologic pattern
“In April, 2009, the Alligator Bayou floodgate was opened at the direction of Iberville Parish to drain water that had been held on privately owned land because the landowners were threatening a lawsuit against the Parish.… 
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Alligator Bayou / Spanish Lake Update
Report addresses flood concerns, recommends dredging of Alligator Bayou and the restoring of a more natural hydrologic pattern
“In April, 2009, the Alligator Bayou floodgate was opened at the direction of Iberville Parish to drain water that had been held on privately owned land because the landowners were threatening a lawsuit against the Parish.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Alligator Bayou, Cypress Tupelo, Iberville Parish, Spanish Lake Basin
LEAN, LMRK Put Chronic Gulf Oil Polluter – Taylor Energy – On Notice
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans, LA- Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper along with Waterkeeper Alliance and several Gulf Coast Waterkeeper organizations announced today that Taylor Energy Co.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Clean Water Act, Gulf of Mexico, Taylor Wells, Waterkeeper Alliance
2011 State of the Gulf Report
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon exploded and the lives of eleven people were lost. Nine days later oil began to hit the wetlands of coastal Louisiana. Between April 22 and July 15, 2010, it is estimated that 250 million gallons of crude oil were discharged from the Deepwater Horizon well and 1.84 million gallons of Corexit 9500 and 9527, toxic oil dispersant products, were applied, making the largest percentage of the oil unrecoverable, with unknown long-term environmental impacts.… 
