About 15 miles east of downtown New Orleans, the nation’s second-largest urban wildlife refuge rests on an isthmus between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne—a region constantly pummeled by storms off the Gulf of Mexico. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge has played a major role in the protection of one of the largest metropolitan areas at […]
Feet Rooted, Waters Rising
Indigenous to the Isle Outside of a stilted house at the tip of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, an artistically renovated toilet displayed a sign that read, “climate change is not worth _.” The exhibit belongs to Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal member Chris Brunet, whose family has been living on the Isle de Jean Charles for at least seven generations. “The big […]
COVID-19 on the Coast: Concerns About Disaster Preparedness
From June 1 to Nov. 30, it’s hurricane season for the U.S. Atlantic Coast. But this year, coastal communities are facing a double threat to their health and safety during the COVID-19 outbreak. If a Katrina-sized (or larger) hurricane were to strike anywhere from New Orleans to New York during the pandemic, communities along the […]