Damages to the Spanish Lake Basin from change in water level continue
Dead Fish Float In Alligator Bayou
PRARIEVILLE, LA – A large number of dead fish floated up to the end of Alligator Bayou today near the control structure that connects it to Bayou Manchac.… 
Large Fish Kill At Alligator Bayou
Damages to the Spanish Lake Basin from change in water level continue
Dead Fish Float In Alligator Bayou
PRARIEVILLE, LA – A large number of dead fish floated up to the end of Alligator Bayou today near the control structure that connects it to Bayou Manchac.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Alligator Bayou, Alligator Bayou PRARIEVILLE, PRARIEVILLE, Resource Environmental Solutions, Spanish Lake Basin
Alligator Bayou Update #4 – April 8, 2009
Alligator Bayou Draining
The control structure has been opened. How long it will take before the Bayou becomes un-navigable is not certain and depends on rainfall but it could be in just a few weeks.
We felt it was important to share with you a communication that I received.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Ascension Parish, Bayou Manchac, LEAN, Scott Nesbit, Spanish Lake, Spanish Lake Basin
Alligator Bayou Update #3 – March 29, 2009
Thanks to you Spanish Lake Basin situation looks hopeful.
Dear Supporter,
In the Baton Rouge Advocate today Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez stated that “he wants to ‘work something out that will satisfy everybody’ regarding the future of the locks on Alligator Bayou and the water levels they control in Spanish Lake.” Martinez went on to say. …
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Baton Rouge Advocate, Dear Supporter, President Martinez, Spanish Lake, Spanish Lake Basin
Alligator Bayou Update #2 – March 27, 2009
Swamp draining about money not restoration.
Dear Supporter,
The truth is beginning to come to light. In an Associated Press article it was made clear to me that this is what is happening:
A landowner has threatened to sue the Iberville Parish Council if they do not lower the water levels in the Spanish Lake Basin.…
Alligator Bayou Update – March 26, 2009
Parish Councils must let the Corps of Engineers undertake any restoration project.
Dear Supporter,
Wow, the outpouring of support for the Spanish Lake Basin has really made people wake up and listen. Thank you.
There has been a lot of talk about hydrology so I thought I might address that.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Alligator Bayou, Bayou Manchac, Parish Councils, Spanish Lake Basin
Alligator Bayou To Be Drained March 26, 2009
Alligator Bayou To Be Drained On Monday
The Spanish Lake Basin needs your help again!
Iberville Parish President Mitch Ourso has asked Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez to permanently open the control structure at Alligator Bayou and Bayou Manchac and to allow the Spanish Lake Basin to completely drain.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Alligator Bayou, Ascension Parish Council, Spanish Lake Basin, Tommy Martinez
Endangered Cypress Forests
THE CURRENT THREAT
Though Louisiana’s wetlands face serious threats from coastal land loss and development, widespread clear cutting of cypress forests is also a very imminent danger.
In the past cypress mulch used to be a by-product of lumber mills. This is no longer true.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: cypress forests, Louisiana, lumber mills, state laws, Though Louisiana
Natural, Man Made and Technology Based Disasters in the Mississippi River System in Louisiana – 2008
The Mississippi River transports 41% of the drainage from the 48 contiguous states through the state of Louisiana. Thirty percent of the Mississippi River flow is diverted to the Atchafalaya River through the Old river Control Complex.
October 2008
by,
Wilma Subra
Technical Advisor to LEAN
Subra Company
New Iberia, LA
Paul Orr
Communications Director
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
The Mississippi River transports 41% of the drainage from the 48 contiguous states through the state of Louisiana.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Gustav, Louisiana, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Morgan City
Dead Zone
Gulf Hypoxia, The DEAD ZONE
The Problem
Where It Comes From Source: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/gulf_findings/
Louisiana Editorials
The Advocate, March 16, 2008
The Advertiser, June 13, 2008
National Acadamy of Sciences Report Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities Read the Report
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