New Orleans Real Estate News: Why YOU Should Care About Louisiana's Disappearing Coastline

Why YOU Should Care About Louisiana's Disappearing Coastline

If you think that the disappearance of the Louisiana coastline doesn't affect you....

 

 

For more information on how you can help save the wetlands, please visit:

Wetlands Conservation

Save Our Wetlands

Voice of the Wetlands

Delta Chapter of the Sierra Club

Lisa Heindel

 

17 comments • Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker • January 22 2008 09:10AM

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Very relevant points & links Lisa, I'm going to pass on this post to my family down there.  Thanks.

Posted by Jason Sardi (I love kittens cute & My Jennifer!!) over 4 years ago
Jason, it came to me from a client who no longer lives here, but knows that this issue will eventually affect a large portion of the U.S.  Thanks for helping to spread the word.
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Lisa, That information is amazing...and frightening. I continue to wonder why we are not doing more for your beautiful area....it's very sad.
Posted by Laura Cerrano and Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City/Feng Shui Manhattan ) over 4 years ago
Lisa, thanks for posting this. It is, indeed, scary. For all the folks out there who think it only happens in LA, look around your own areas... If you live anywhere where there are wetlands, chances are they are disappearing... Until now, most in EPA and other agencies turned a completely blind eye to wetlands, authorizing fills for projects and cutting canals. Wetlands were considered nothing but swamps - and in a lot of places still are. The Corps of Engineers here still allows for wetland mitigation - which is just a nice way of putting filling acres of wetlands in exchange for 'preserving' an acre of something else someplace else.... These are not swamps - coastal wetlands are the most diverse ecosystems we have in this country, and they affect everything for all of us - the water we drink, the storms' impacts, the beaches, and the wildlife.
Ok, i highjacked, sorry Lisa -:-) I am passing this on to everyone as well-
Posted by Inna Hardison- HaMedia Group Wordpress for Real Estate &Design,Print (ha media group) over 4 years ago
I don't want Louisiana to disappear!  I like Louisiana.  Lisa.... make it stop!!!!
Posted by Martin Abeshaus (JAE Commercial Cleaning Services) over 4 years ago

Carole, the frightening part is that it will impact much more than Louisiana.  This has national implications and everyone should be aware of it.

Inna, hijack away...you are right that it is not just the LA coastline...people need to be aware of what we are doing in the name of progress.

Martin, I wish I had a magic wand to do just that :(  Pass this on to anyone and everyone...

Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Fascinating. The young lady on the video is impassioned and quite credible. Never knew about cypress mulch. Folks buy it by the truck up here. Well done, Lisa. New Orleans is a place I'd like to visit.
Posted by Blogger To Be Named Later over 4 years ago
Andrew, come visit anytime.  Hopefully in less than 200 years :)
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

Lisa, I learned a lot from watching this clip. THANK YOU.

I am going to pass this on to my daughter's teachers so students can learn more about this issue.

Posted by Camarillo CA Real Estate Agent/ Mana Tulberg (805 County Real Estate) over 4 years ago
Lisa, thanks for sharing this information. It is something that we all need to consider.
Posted by Danny Thornton (R & D Management) over 4 years ago

Mana, thank YOU.  Raising awareness is the first step to action!

Danny, yes it is...isn't coffee expensive enough?

Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Lisa I really hope Jindal does something about it.  If we flood one more time in Southeast Louisiana I for one am gone.
Posted by John Walters (Licensed in Slidell, Louisiana) (Frank Rubi Real Estate) over 4 years ago
Hey, John!  Know any good agents :)
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Lisa - ok, i stole the clip and used it in an outside blog of mine. so kill me. i have been aware of this situation. no one mentioned that our ability to bring oil to refineries is also in danger. when the coastline shrinks, the only port for tankers will be gone. oh, yeah, the outside blog is http://itsadamnlie.wordpress.com/ that is not a plug. just letting you know what i did with your info. your pal oh me oh my oh the roux maker : )
Posted by John MacArthur Licensed Maryland/DC Realtor (Frankly Real Estate) over 4 years ago
John, you are welcome to plug on my blog anytime.  The clip is not mine...it's meant to be shared with as many people as we can to raise awareness of what is happening.  Like Inna pointed out, it's not just a LA problem, this is happening all over.
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago
Being from that part of the country I've been aware of the problem for a long time, but I've also been gone a lone time.  A football sized chunk of land is lost every 30 minutes?  Geez.  Thanks for posting the video... I'll definitely pass on the link.
Posted by Fairbanks Alaska Real Estate Specialists Jesse & Kathy Clifton 907-328-9328 (Jesse Clifton & Associates, REALTORS®) over 4 years ago
Jesse/Kathy, please pass it on to anyone and everyone!  Where are you from originally?
Posted by Lisa Heindel, New Orleans Real Estate Broker (Crescent City Living LLC) over 4 years ago

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