Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser joins opposition to LA CPRA two billion dollar diversion.
The Advocate article by Mark Schleifstein at link
https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_fda47b86-a2d5-11eb-9d97-cfaf61e2cbc6.html
At a recent St Bernard Parish Parish Council Meeting, Louisiana's Lt Governor cited the absurdity of Congress to change the marine mammal act in 2018; instead of studying the effects of the diversions, congress passed a waiver; they will not conduct a study and instead will monitor the disastrous effects for five years, will provide funding " for dolphins and fixing the turtles and put refridgeration on shrimp boats and raise the road in Plaquemines if they flood... no! Give us the truth. Give us the facts," Nungesser said [1] Nungesser also points out the wasted funds by LA CPRA in a propaganda campaign to convince people the river diversions are good for the coast.
As Councilmember Kerri Callias notes, this would be at the expense of our livelihoods and way of life. around the 20:25 minute mark in video https://sbpg.viebit.com/player.php?hash=noCIGOZo3Muu
Nungesser ultimately agrees there is a need to restore the coast, but says the diversion project is not the way to do it.
“We gotta start being open and honest or we’re never going to do the right thing, we’re never going to get the right thing done for our coast or for Louisiana,” Nungesser said.
CPRA is collecting public input on the project until May 4th.
https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/Mid-Barataria-Sediment-Diversion-EIS/
From The Save Louisiana Coalition
The public needs to understand that there is no more debate over the destruction Louisiana's proposed MS River Diversions will cause - the Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been released...
As The Save Louisiana Coalition, the Gulf Coast Resource Coalition, and our partners have stated all along:
--Minimal land gain close to the diversion, while causing land loss to accelerate in other areas;
--Shrimp, oysters and dolphins gone...along with tourism/hospitality, restaurant and other industries dependent on and fueled by our seafood-based culture.
This experimental waste by the LA CPRA of billions of dollars in precious, limited coastal restoration money must stop!
https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/Mid-Barataria-Sediment-Diversion-EIS/
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectId=100083
From Marine Mammal Commission
Effects of Low Salinity Exposure on Bottlenose Dolphins Webinar
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