Louisiana’s accidental blueprint for restoring its coast

Grist ·
Good News United States

Arthur Matherne is used to speeding his airboat across a southeastern stretch of the Louisiana coast where lakes and bayous have widened as the Gulf of Mexico’s salty water has moved in, dissolving marshes and swamps.    But in one tucked-away patch of the Barataria Basin’s 1.6 million acres, the semi-retired tour guide eases off the throttle as he tries to remember his way through channels that…

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