Louisiana Walks Away from Its Boldest Coastal Restoration Project
July 23, 2025
On July 17, 2025, the state of Louisiana officially abandoned the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, the most ambitious coastal restoration project in its history. The decision was finalized when the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group voted to cancel the plan, which would have used funding from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement to reconnect the Mississippi River […]
