National Research Council plan for wetlands

Most of the individual projects in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Louisiana Coastal Area Study (LCA) proposal to reduce losses of coastal wetlands in Louisiana are scientifically sound, but taken together they do not represent the type of integrated, large-scale effort needed for such a massive undertaking, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. The National Research Council is a private, nonprofit institution that provides science and technology advice under a congressional charter...

Coastal Plan