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Coastal News Roundup: Flood Control, Oysters, Marsh Die-Off

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Tegan Wendland
Published December 1, 2017 at 6:35 PM EST
Linda Hooper-Bui, of LSU's Department of Environmental Sciences, searches roseau cane for signs of the invasive scale insect. Large areas of roseau are being replaced by weaker plants that don't resist erosion.
Ted Jackson
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NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Linda Hooper-Bui, of LSU's Department of Environmental Sciences, searches roseau cane for signs of the invasive scale insect. Large areas of roseau are being replaced by weaker plants that don't resist erosion.

For this week's coastal news roundup WWNO’s Tegan Wendland talked with Nola.com/The Times-Picayune coastal reporter Tristan Baurick about new flood control management, illegal oystering, and a marsh grass die-off in the Mississippi Delta. 

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Tegan Wendland
Tegan Wendland is a freelance producer with a background in investigative news reporting. She currently produces the biweekly segment, Northshore Focus.
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