National Wildlife Federation Urges Coastal Wetlands Restoration Efforts
On February 29, 2008, the Baton Rouge Advocate newspaper published a letter from Maura Wood, a senior program manager with the National Wildlife Federation, under the headline, Letter: Preventing disasters key issue. Woods indicates that the National Audubon Society and the Environmental Defense Fund also support the efforts of the National Wildlife Federation in this cause.
In this regard, Woods urges representatives of Louisiana in Washington, D.C. to be leaders in restoring coastal wetlands as a barrier protecting the people living in South Louisiana from hurricanes. Ms. Woods calls for a sense of urgency in the use of the land building power of the Mississippi River to restore coastal wetlands in Louisiana.
It is good to see these national environmental organizations taking a special interest in this important issue.
Erich P Rapp.
