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| Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast |
| By Mike Tidwell (2003) |
| Tidwell does an excellent job of showing how the construction of flood control and drainage projects in Louisiana has robbed the swamplands and coastal marshlands of the valuable silt the Mississippi River system previously deposited there on an annual basis and which now leaves these precious ecological systems vulnerable to the advancing turbid waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The threat to Louisiana goes beyond the mere environmental damage which is proceeding at an astonishing rate, it also encompasses the removal of vital protection against tidal surges visited upon Louisiana during major Gulf storms, such as hurricanes.
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| The Nature of Things at Lake Martin: Exploring the Wonder of Cypress Island Preserve in Southern Louisiana |
| By Nancy Camel (2006) |
| This is the definitive photographic study of the wildlife of Lake Martin's Cypress Island Preserve. Nancy Camel presents the area's history, maps, and wildlife -- but especially the birds -- in a beautiful and sensitive manner. A dedicated bird-watcher in her own right, Ms. Camel also includes advice and tips for others who regularly go "birding" on how to photograph birds and other wildlife and she also provides a comprehensive list of the more than 200 types of birds one can find in the Cypress Island Preserve.
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| The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist |
| By Ivor Van Heerden and Mike Bryan (2007) |
| Unlike many authors who have written on the mistakes before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina with an eye to promoting a political agenda of protecting one individual or group from charges of culpability for the various aspects of the disaster, or perhaps even assigning blame, Van Heerden and Bryan leave no one out in this thorough examination of the tragedy at many levels. Van Heerden, who is Deputy Director of the Louisiana Hurricane Center at Louisiana State University, brings the hard reality of scientific observation into the picture as he traces both the long-term failures which left New Orleans and its environs vulnerable, and the short-term decisions made within an atmosphere of chaos following the storm that made Katrina a world-wide embarrasment for both Louisiana and the rest of the country. There is an especially valuable examination in this book of the problems of political corruption and administrative incompetence in Louisiana and how they contributed to the disaster.
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