Spill's effect on coastal marshes might be short-lived
Bob Marshall, outdoors writer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, didn’t earn a pair of Pulitzer Prizes by being a journalistic lightweight.
So when Bob wrote a “halftime report” on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s effect on the Louisiana coast, he got my full and undivided attention. His column, available in its entirety here, is the most balanced assessment I’ve seen so far.
His take? Some of the environmental problems have been overstated, others understated. Comparisons to the Exxon Valdez disaster are useless because the ecosystems differ so dramatically. And long after the effects of the spill have passed, the Mississippi Delta will still face its single greatest problem — erosion caused by man-made alterations to the river’s hydrodynamics.
It’s a fascinating read. Check it out.
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