One Mouth Band surveys damage to Gulf Coast

It was really noisy in this little plane. Here's the transcript of what I was saying...

Hey, this is Sam Rogers, The One Mouth Band
coming at you live from
the Louisiana Bayou.
I'm here examining some of the areas
that have been damaged by salt water.
It was bad here before Katrina,
now it's gotten a lot worse.
We're up about 500-feet.
All this used to be land --
well, more like swamp or marsh, really.

BEFORE
the freshwater mixes with saltwater
in a slower, more balanced way
that this fragile environment can handle.
providing vital habitat for many species
at various parts of their life cycle

AFTER
arbitrary manmade waterways
slice through to the gulf
allowing saltwater to flow right in
killing the plants and animals
that once thrived here
laying waste to miles and miles
of our important coastal wetlands

There are some areas here which
there's a group called Voice of the Wetlands
they're trying to restore it,
and get more freshwater coming in
to offset the saltwater
which is just eating away
at all of that you see here.

You can help
VoicesOfTheWetlands.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• one mouth band
• houma
• salination
• gulf coast
• voice of the wetlands.