The website that hosts the database of National Response Center submissions of the release of pollutants into the environment was taken down on February 21st and any future availability is somewhat uncertain.
The website that hosts the database of National Response Center submissions of the release of pollutants into the environment was taken down on February 21st and any future availability is somewhat uncertain.… 
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NRC Reports for February 2014 – UNAVAILABLE
The website that hosts the database of National Response Center submissions of the release of pollutants into the environment was taken down on February 21st and any future availability is somewhat uncertain.
The website that hosts the database of National Response Center submissions of the release of pollutants into the environment was taken down on February 21st and any future availability is somewhat uncertain.… VOTE: Should Industry use river water in order to protect Baton Rouge’s water supply?
The Business Report discusses an important topic about groudwater use in the Capital Region. What do you think?
A poll on the homepage of the Baton Rouge Business Report is asking a very important question:
Several groups say industrial plants in north Baton Rouge should be required to use Mississippi River water instead of the groundwater beneath their plants to protect household water supplies from saltwater intrusion.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Business Report, Capital Region, Hays Town, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, saltwater intrusion
Annie’s Journey Continues
Paul and Michael Orr of LEAN/LMRK made the trip upriver last week to drop off Annie to John Ruskey and the Mighty Quawpaws.
Paul and Michael Orr of LEAN/LMRK made the trip upriver last week to drop off Annie to John Ruskey and the Mighty Quawpaws. Quapaw Canoe Company offers wilderness expeditions on the Lower Mississippi River, its Back Waters, Bayous, Oxbows, and Flood Plain between the levees.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: John Ruskey, Lower Mississippi River, Mighty Quawpaws, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Quapaw Canoe Company
2013 Mississippi River Water Walk, SIGN UP!
Sharon Day is carrying a copper pale of water 1,200 miles to raise awareness about clean water issues. Walk with her!
photo credit prx.org
Ojibwe Elder , Sharon Day has begun a spiritual journey walking the length of the Mississippi River “to call attention to water quality issues for all of Mother Earth’s waters.” Sharon began her walk on March 1st at the beginning of the Mississippi River.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: clean water, clean water issues, Louisiana, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Sharon Day
City Council Votes to Move Forward and Relocate Scotlandville Residents
A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant. An article in The Advocate today outlines the meeting:
A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant.… We support EPA’s Decision To Add The Gulf "Dead Zone" To The Impaired Waters List
The Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone along the Louisiana coast, commonly called the “Dead Zone” has been a well documented problem for decades now. However, the state and federal environmental agencies have failed to take even the most basic regulatory steps to address this problem.…
Gulf Monitoring Consortium, LMRK Report 1 Breton Sound
Leaking Well Follow Up for Gulf Monitoring Consortium
Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper Patrol of Breton Sound June 17, 2011
The delta of the Mississippi River is like no other place on earth. Its vast and ever changing landscape is a beautiful maze that can feel a million miles from civilization.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Decaying Infrastructure, Gulf Monitoring Consortium, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, oil, Waterkeeper Alliance
Morganza Spillway/Floodway and Old River Control Structure
Diverting Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya River and Atchafalaya Basin
Update and Ground Patrol for Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
by Wilma Subra May 20, 2011
Morganza Spillway Structure
The Morganza Spillway east of Melville, Louisiana, was opened on May 14, 2011, to divert Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya Basin.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Atchafalaya Basin, Diverting Mississippi River, Low Sill Structure, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, National Guard
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 – 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
