Jay Dardenne in The Associated Press

On Environment: Coastal restoration with federal funding

The four candidates for governor each said fixing Louisiana's dire coastal land loss will require moving ahead with plans to divert Mississippi River water into disappearing estuaries. The candidates discussed what they would do as governor to repair Louisiana's eroding coast. Each one backed a $50 billion, 50-year master plan devised by Gov. Jindal's administration to slow land loss by diverting the Mississippi River's mud and water into injured estuaries. Fishermen oppose river diversions because they would alter water conditions and likely make it difficult, and perhaps impossible, to harvest shellfish where fresh water is flushed into estuaries.

Dardenne said he would campaign for more federal funding. "We need the assistance of America to make sure this program works," he said. "Everybody needs to know this is America's wetlands." Vitter said he would seek to engage private companies, such as oil and gas companies, in spending more on the coast. Edwards and Dardenne offered similar ideas.

Source: Associated Press on 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial debate Aug 19, 2015

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