Louisiana Is A Place Of Beautiful Wildlife And Landscape

Geologically speaking, Louisiana is a very young state. Environmentally speaking, Louisiana is a very fragile state. Louisiana has always been dependent upon the nutrient rich deposits from the Mississippi River to build up the land. Centuries ago the Mississippi River periodically changed its course, building up Louisiana one delta at a time. The erosional forces of the Gulf of Mexico and annual hurricanes depleted Louisiana’s coastline, but the mighty Mississippi River would replenish the land losses. Such is the relationship that forces of nature have with one another. Place mankind in the mix, and the relationship becomes stressed and dysfunctional. The present day Louisiana coastline is a mere shadow of its former self. Let’s look

The characteristic warming climate of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene resulted in rising sea levels which contributed to the formation of the various deltas in the New Orleans area (Dunbar, Britsch, 2008). The natural formation of these deltas produced coastal wetlands that represent 30% of coastal wetlands currently in the United States (Cigler, 2007). In addition to these wetlands, the Mississippi River was surrounded by substantial forest growth (Pabis, 1998).

The expenses would simply be outrageous to fund and down-right impossible, which every American understands. Since many homes were not in a flood zone, most people did not have flood insurance. They will have to leave because they cannot afford to come back to their homes. Furthermore, people have grown tired of the numerous natural disasters that hit Louisiana. As Zack Kopplin states, “Climate change could sink all of our major coastal cities, but Louisiana is being held to a different standard, because we’ve already been hit with so many disasters”. That is why many media coverages have been particularly weak on the coverage of the flooding, only capitalizing on the disaster porn and other corrupted media coverages. The tunnel vision of the news media and the critics prevent and delay the reconstruction of Louisiana. It is true that it would take an immense amount of funding to completely rebuild Louisiana, but we can not allow money to get in the way of rehabilitating our fellow

Mike Tidwell wrote this novel with the purpose of informing the readers about the wonderful, often overlooked location that is the Bayou. He wants the public to know that this region is a treasure and holds many unique qualities that so many places in the United States are missing today. Through his journeys he came to love the land and the water. He learned a great deal about shrimping and crabbing, and the way of life on the Cajun coast. While he wrote this book to inform people about the region, he also wrote it to persuade readers to care. He wants people to realize that this territory is becoming extinct. There are many reasons why much of the marshlands are turning to open waters, and he wants to make sure that the readers become curious about them. He wants to pass on his love of the land to those who read about his experiences. He most likely hopes that people will read this book and consider what they can do to help out the cause.

Many people are wondering, when will this be fixed? Good news- soon!! According to page 116, it explains, “A Supreme Court decision made in 2004 implemented 8.4 billion dollars for the project to re-establish the natural flow of the water to the Everglades in the next 30 years.” Since 1900, drainage has eroded the original wetlands by 50%. Another reason we have so many problems is the sugar cane, with all the sugar cane there is no land left to support life. This is a shame that all the wildlife is being affected or dying

To begin with, wildlife is brutally being affected by the draining and pollution. In the early 1900’s settlers from outside of Florida took over the Everglades and decided it was “useless swampland.” Their idea of draining the wetlands was not a smart decision. As it states in passage 1 lines 17-19, “The US Army Corps of engineers and government officials authorized the digging of the canals, the creating of water storage facilities, and

The history of the Everglades is a story that hasn’t been romanticized. Before early settlers the land was flourishing, for the tribes that had resided there had no intention of changing the habitat. In the article “Past and Present: The Florida Everglades” it says, “The wetlands were once home to many rare, endangered, exotic species, however, this is no longer the case…” This information shows what the tribes didn’t want to do, but what the settlers ended up causing. The settlers that come from the outside land wanted to drain the Everglades by making manmade canals. They did this because they wanted to farm on the land where the Everglades were. The result of the settlers canals

I researched the Everglades in Florida. There have been many negative changes in this habitat both from humans and other species. The region’s water resources are being depleted by invasions of exotic plants such as the Australian Melaluca. The Australian Melaluca also affected the native species of which the rest of the ecosystem depends. Another effect on the water is the runoff from agricultural operations, which gets into the water and pollutes it. Development pressures from agriculture, industry, and urban areas have destroyed more than half of the original Everglades

Even if the human population were the cause to this humungous problem, natural causes are part of the reasons as to why Louisiana is losing too much land every hour. Such as having salt water in Baton Rouge’s water. From page 37, it states, “The slower river current would allow saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico to intrude up the Mississippi River as far as Baton Rouge.” Saltwater isn’t healthy, and it’s best if it’s blocked to approach clean water. There are already too much expenses, and health problems will only add up to more

The loss of Louisiana coastal land is one of the most major factors in our environment today. Louisiana has already loss 1,880 square miles of land in the past eight decades. This problem is effecting the state funding to help solve the problem before the state lose more coastal land. Human disturbance has had a massive impact on the balance of wetland growth and decline. (Wilson, 2013). In order to stop this situation the state needs to have a stronger structural protection for the coast line. (Wilson, 2013).

Louisiana is a state consisting of about 4,523,628 people. This number taken prior to Hurricane Katrina that occurred in 2005. As of 2015, the estimated population of Louisiana is 4,670, 724. The area of the state of Louisiana is about 43, 562 square miles. With its neighboring states of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi, Louisiana is located within the southeast part of the United States. The state’s first geologist was Francis V. Hopkins. Along with his assistant, Colonel Charles H. Lockett, Hopkins published the first topographical and geological maps of Louisiana. Louisiana has a variety of natural resources. Some examples of these natural resources are forests, salt, oil reserves, natural gas, and sulfur.

Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29th, 2005, but the failure of the local government started before this day “by allowing building and growing in areas in low flood lands.” The local government did not regulate these land areas that have always

More than 7 trillion gallons of water fell in Louisiana and Mississippi over the course of eight days (Sergent et al., 2016). There have been at least 13 deaths recorded and over 40,000 homes have been destroyed. Rainfall numbers in double digits from a storm can bring havoc to an area, thus triggering rivers to ascend swiftly, and exceed flood levels (Dolce, 2016).

Florida's Everglades is the largest subtropical wetland ecosystem in North America. That’s a big deal. Just imagine how many animals and plants must live there. Even how much water and land that must take up to build a home for all these creatures. I mean this is home to about 67 threatened endangered species, and these species are about to lose their home. Wouldn’t you want your home to be saved? Florida's Everglades holds so much value, it holds to numerous plants and animals, it has a balanced ecosystem with biodiversity, and it doesn't just benefit wildlife, it benefits humans also. Who knew just one wetland had so much value.

Hurricane Katrina was considered as one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded in the history of the United States. It was the sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever and the third strongest on record that had reached the United States. According to Brinkley (2006), “Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.” The hurricane occurred on August 29th, 2005, and had a massive physical impact on the land and to the residents of New Orleans City (Galea & Brewin, 2007). Before the hurricane, there was massive destruction of the wetlands beside construction of canals and these increased the erosion rates in the lands. After the floods, much of the city’s water was contaminated leading to the loss of the aquatic lives and indigenous plants.