Airs Wed., July 17, 6 p.m. We’ve all heard Louisiana referred to as Sportsmen’s Paradise. But much of that paradise is disappearing, with wetlands in the Mississippi Delta eroding away at a rate of a football-field-sized parcel every 100 minutes. These problems are occurring not just along the Louisiana coast but along all the Gulf of Mexico, from the Texas coast to Florida.
In this month’s edition of Conserving Earth, we’ll be talking about how to keep Sportsman’s Paradise from becoming a vanishing paradise. Host Janice Bezanson, Senior Policy Director for Texas Conservation Alliance, welcomes Bill Cooksey, Senior Sportsman Outreach Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation program Vanishing Paradise. They’ll be joining to talk about efforts to stop that coastal erosion and save this amazing resource.