From inside a small motor boat, this glimpse into the future of southern Louisiana's hurricane protection isn't much to look at.
It's an embankment, rising a mere foot and a half above open marsh water here in the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge. Cordgrass, just starting to flower, sprouts along its edges like hair on a monk's tonsure. ( All of Part 3 )
Levees: 160 years of warnings
A report from 1846 predicted that using levees on the Mississippi would be destructive to future generations.
A report from 1846 predicted that using levees on the Mississippi would be destructive to future generations.
Contrarian view: Coast will keep sinking
Scientists disagree on whether the region's high subsidence rates are natural or due to human intervention.
Scientists disagree on whether the region's high subsidence rates are natural or due to human intervention.
YOUR VIEWS: After Katrina: rebuild, relocate, or rethink?
