Louisiana Coast Plan Awaits Federal Aid

摘要

An ambitious $2-billion plan to stem Louisiana's massive loss of wetlands along the Gulf Coast is near-ing approval by the chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. But even after the program, one of the largest environmental efforts in the Corps' history, takes that step forward, it will have to wait in line until at least sometime next year for any significant work to begin. The reason: Congress has yet to approve a water resources bill to authorize new Corps projects around the country including the federal government's S1.2-billion federal share toward the Louisiana coastal plan.