May 1, 2011
A Grant Maker Pulls La.’s Coast Together to Fight Erosion
Juan Carlos/ABACAUSA.com/Newscom
Al Cassagne, and fisherman and owner of Coastal Bait, lost most of his summer earning due to the oil spill at the Grand Isle in Louisiana. He depends on the sale of bait to tourist who visit the area for summer fishing and also from commercial fishing.
Grand Bayou, La.
The GPS device on Patrick Dickinson’s boat shows just how quickly southeast Louisiana is losing its wetlands.
A charter-boat captain in Plaquemines Parish, he marks the location of good fishing spots electronically so he can return again with his customers. But when Mr. Dickinson calls up the sites he’s marked on his GPS, many appear to be on land, because the marsh that used to be there has since washed away.
Mr. Dickinson, 34, followed his father into the
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