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From the bayous to the suburbs, Louisiana must ‘buy time’ to deal with rising seas
Environment

From the bayous to the suburbs, Louisiana must ‘buy time’ to deal with rising seas

  • By MIKE SMITH | Staff writer
  • Dec 14, 2023

The road to Cocodrie is one Donald Boesch knows well, from his old house in Houma all the way down to the ragged and vanishing edge of Louisiana’s coast, where he used to work out of a trailer.

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Warning issued for Lake Pontchartrain over potential harmful algae
Environment

Warning issued for Lake Pontchartrain over potential harmful algae

  • BY MARK SCHLEIFSTEIN | Staff writer
  • Jun 6, 2023

Pontchartrain Conservancy weekly testing of Lake Pontchartrain water finds no blue-green algae present, but Department of Environmental Quality says Health Department warning is justified. 

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He wants to ensure Lake Pontchartrain remains clean enough for swimming. Here's how.
Environment

He wants to ensure Lake Pontchartrain remains clean enough for swimming. Here's how.

  • BY ROSHAUN HIGGINS | Staff writer
  • Mar 26, 2023

Brady Skaggs' job involves helping keep Lake Pontchartrain clean enough for swimming. The native of Jacksonville, Florida is the Pontchartrain Conservancy's water quality program director -- and in the past he has used the lake to train for triathlons.

‘Drastically improved’: Kristi Trail on the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act
Environment

‘Drastically improved’: Kristi Trail on the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act

  • By MIKE SMITH | Staff writer
  • Oct 23, 2022

Much of Lake Pontchartrain's cleanup can be attributed to the law. It helped return the lake to public use after an era of such high levels of pollution that swimming was banned.

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