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Coastal News Roundup: Lawmakers Get In Bar Fight Over Coastal Restoration, And More

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Travis Lux,
Travis Lux, Tristan Baurick
Published May 18, 2018 at 3:04 PM EDT
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An invasive bug has been killing a marsh plant known as roseau cane. Huge swaths on the coast have been thinning out, as seen here. More than a year since the problem was first noticed, the state is pulling in more money to fight the problem.
Travis Lux

This week on the Coastal News Roundup, the state gets more money to figure out how to stop the invasive bug killing the coastal marsh. Plus, two state legislators get into bar fight over coastal restoration.

 

Tristan Baurick fromNola.com/The Times-Picayune breaks down the week in coastal news with WWNO’s Travis Lux.

  Support for the Coastal Desk comes from the Walton Family Foundation, Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Foundation for Louisiana, and local listeners.

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Travis Lux
Travis Lux primarily contributes science and health stories to Louisiana's Lab. He studied anthropology and sociology at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and picked up his first microphone at the Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole, MA. In his spare time he loves to cook -- especially soups and casseroles.
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Travis is WWNO's coastal reporter.
Tristan Baurick