Boyce Upholt on the Plan to Rebuild Louisiana's Coastal Marshes

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For decades, Louisiana has been losing coastal marshes in areas around the mouth of the Mississippi River. The biggest causes for the loss of land are the levees built along the Mississippi and the hundreds of canals cut through the marshes for oil and gas exploration. Hurricane Katrina helped renew the determination to not only stop this loss but find ways to restore the Mississippi River’s ability to build land again. Journalist Boyce Upholt wrote about one of the plans to rebuild land in a recent article. In this episode of the Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast, I talk with Boyce about those plans, why not everyone is on board, and who will pay for the project. We end with a short discussion about ways to value this land that goes beyond dollars and cents.