Fishing Hotspots
Sabine Lake’s specks are back
There’s reason for optimism among trout fishermen on Sabine Lake. Overall, the lake is in fantastic condition, both salty and clear. […]
Articles by Capt. Adam Jaynes
Fishing Hotspots
Don’t let your fishing gear collect dust
Without a doubt, redfish will make for the easiest species for anglers to target on both Sabine Lake and Lake Calcasieu in January. […]
Coastal Projects
In comparison
While the South Lafourche Levee District managed to orchestrate a marsh creation project for only $20,000 an acre, the reality of restoration work in Louisiana is that such undertakings are usually more expensive. […]
Coastal Projects
Coastal restoration on the cheap
Coyotes aren’t the first animals that come to mind when Louisianians think about species benefitting from coastal restoration. Nonetheless, South Lafourche Levee District President Windell Curole said the 40-plus-mile stretch of levee that runs from Larose to Golden Meadow and back is inundated with them. […]
Deer Hunting
Venice deer hunting hard but satisfying, hunter says
Michael Frenette placed his bow across his lap and dipped a paddle into the brackish water of the Louisiana Marsh pushing his pirogue toward the only sliver of land within miles. […]
Coastal Projects
Nitrogen concerns shouldn’t stop sediment diversions
There’s widespread agreement that puncturing levees and diverting sediment-rich Mississippi River water into adjacent wetlands is key to saving the southeast Louisiana coast. […]
Coastal Projects
Study to assess Mississippi River sediment load
If there’s one underlying assumption that’s been used to justify the $50 billion cost of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, it’s this: We actually have a chance to prevent Southeast Louisiana from drowning in the Gulf because the Mississippi River carries the mud and sand necessary to keep pace with sea-level rise. […]
Coastal Projects
Sediment capacity lowered
Planned since 2004, the study lately has taken on new urgency, as a result of evolving insights into the river’s capacity. […]
Coastal Projects
Funding lags research
While the study of river hydrodynamics was first proposed in 2004, it wasn’t funded until 2011. So the scientists working on the 2012 edition of the master plan put together preliminary planning models that prepared the way for the more-detailed operating models to be developed when the latest data on the lower river became available. That work was cheered in peer reviews, even though it was based on river data that, in some cases, were decades old, researchers said. […]
Coastal Projects
Charting differences downriver
The goal of the research, he said, was to see if the conventional scientific wisdom about how much sediment the river carries in its upstream reaches holds true on its last leg to the Gulf. […]
Coastal Projects
‘Budgeting’ overall demands on river
Understanding the overall demands on the river is critical to the master plan because the river must also serve other important needs. […]
Coastal Projects
Pace of Louisiana’s coastal erosion quickening, study shows
Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date. […]