Fishermen asked to watch for predatory tiger shrimp
~Amy Wold
~These large, non-native shrimp occasionally appear off the Louisiana coast, but so far they don’t seem to have established themselves. Instead, the only confirmed tiger shrimp catches this year have been adults, said Marty Bourgeois, marine fisheries biologist with the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
“We’re certainly on the lookout for it,” Bourgeois said. “At least this year we’ve gotten as many of eight or nine (reports) and these are specimens in hand.”

States have a Right to protect environmental assets
~Richard Flemming
~Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified Delaware's Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control that the Corps intends to dredge the Delaware River to 45 feet without first securing required permits from the state of Delaware. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued two economic assessments concluding that benefits are greater than project costs. Opponents have issued two assessments concluding that costs are greater than benefits.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and payment of public funds, assessed the Corps' analysis of project benefits in 2002 and concluded that "The Corps' analysis of project benefits contained or was based on miscalculations, invalid assumptions, and outdated information." Not exactly a ringing endorsement of a project that the GAO concluded would cost over $420 million. That was seven years ago and we all know how costs have escalated since then.

River communities likely to pick up cost of upkeep~Post-Tribune
~When the Indiana General Assembly authorized the creation of the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission in 1980 to spearhead flood control projects that would protect residents living near the Little Calumet River, it never authorized a mechanism to fund the commission. Thirty years later as the project approaches its autumn 2010 predicted completion, communities along the river face a real fiscal dilemma. Officials representing cities and towns along the river -- Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Highland and Munster -- recently learned that maintaining the 21-mile levee system would cost between $2.4 million and $3.3 million annually to operate and maintain.

Texas looks to close Gulf Coast fishing spot

Fargo, Moorhead eye $1 billion flood project~Bill McAuliffe

Civil Society Makes Its Mark in Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis
~Marwaan Macan-Markar

NOLAFemmes’s Own Amanda: 2009 SIANS Human Rights Award Recipient

A Road Map to Making NOLA Safe Again~James Perry

"Being an Eagle Scout is only important if your opponent is a Webelo" -Loa Tzu Gambit

Editilla hats Black (and Gold) Friday fo'da Locals.
Yes, we gonna Hump'it. We gonna Get'Down.
We gonna'Get Back Up Again!
We gonna Trow'Ya some'tin fo'da local lagniappe all Gentle'rillas Gonna'Wanna Need to Give to d'Peoples We Love...
~~~from the City That Cares Sinn Féin!
Starting wit'our Friends at the Sula Foundation!
~The 2010 Calendar features two dozen dogs in locations all over town. You can order it online, or pick it up at Canine Connection, Canine Culture, Petcetera, Beth's Books, Garden District Bookshop, The Transportation Revolution, 45 Tchoup, FAB, Neophobia, Snake and Jakes, Juan's Flying Burrito, Fair Grinds Coffee House. Just $18 plus $4.95 postage, with proceeds going to continue our work. You can use a credit card via the PayPal --or send a check to The Sula Foundation.

Low Carb chocolate and violets custom recycled leather velvet cuff with skeleton key Custom Made ~Bayou Savage

Local resident self-publishes History With The Beatles

The Lower Ninth Ward
~Create Our World

"Film, Music, and Activism in New Orleans and Chicago"
Panel Discussion

Give the gift of local music

Michael Ray Found~offBeat

Hendrix’s Voodoo Child Voted Greatest Guitar Riff