(English) Walton Family Foundation Lauds Breakthrough in Efforts to Rebuild Louisiana’s Coast

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The single largest ecosystem restoration project in U.S. history crossed a major milestone today when the Army Corps of Engineers released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The proposed project will reconnect the Mississippi River to its wetlands to build and maintain tens of thousands of acres of land in the Barataria Basin, which is experiencing one of the highest rates of land…