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Plan to Reduce Hurricane Risk to Louisiana Has Important Weaknesses


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Hurricane Katrina. Photo from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

May 13 -- A new report from the National Research Council provides advice and recommendations to improve an Army Corps of Engineers' draft report for Louisiana coastal protection and restoration. The Corps' report does not identify clear priorities for project implementation -- including ecosystem restoration, hurricane protection, and nonstructural measures such as buyouts -- nor does it provide evidence that sediment resources for all proposed restoration projects will be available.


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