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Crescent City Thursday Farmers Market – February, 2013

New Orleans Thursday Farmer’s Market 3700 Orleans Ave‎ New Orleans, LA 70119 Thursday Dates in February, 2013 February 7, 2013 February 14, 2013 February 21, 2013 February 28, 2013 3PM – 7PM Click Here For More Information.

Crescent City Tuesday Farmers Market – February, 2013

New Orleans Tuesday Farmer’s Market Tulane University 200 Broadway St‎. New Orleans, LA 70118 Tuesday Dates in February, 2013 February 5, 2013 February 12, 2013 February 19, 2013 February 26, 2013 9AM – 1PM Click Here For More Information.

New Orleans French Market – February, 2013

Farmer’s Market and Flea Market French Quarter 1008 N Peters St New Orleans, LA 70116 February, 2013 Monday – Sunday, 9AM – 6PM Call 504-522-2621 or Click for More Information about the French Quarter Market!

Underwater Dam in Mississippi River Still Protecting New Orleans, Jefferson Water Supplies From Saltwater As Drought Continues

A $5.8 million underwater barrier completed in mid-September to block the upriver flow of saltwater in the Mississippi River from threatening area water supplies has experienced some erosion but is still doing its job, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday. The 1,700-foot-long underwater dam, called a sill, at Alliance in Plaquemines […]

Wetlands 101: Saving Louisiana’s Refuges

New Orleanians have been feeling a bit smug since Hurricane Isaac. After all, the Corps of Engineers’ $14.6 billion levee system worked just fine. Louisiana’s wetlands are disappearing at the rate of a football field per hour. Photo by John Hazlett Not so fast, says wetlands journalist Bob Marshall, who leads groups for Lost Lands […]