Mike Smith
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Tailgating today? Here's the weather ahead of Saints' first home game. (opens the original)
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Those heading to tailgate ahead of the first home game of the Saints' season will be assured of at least one win: pleasant weather. Mostly sunny skies and highs of around 89 degrees are expected Sunday with humidity currently around 61%, according to National Weather Service data from Lakefront Airport. Tonight is expected to be mostly clear with lows of around 74 degrees. It will mark a welcome break from the Saints' sole pre-season home game on Aug. 15, when broiling temperatures left fans eag
Near the Mississippi’s mouth, scientists are trying to predict the future. ‘A massive effort.’ (opens the original)
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Down at a bend near the mouth of the Mississippi River, Claire Kemick keeps a close eye on a laptop as the boat that brought her here maneuvers the currents. A patchwork of colors lights up on the computer screen as an instrument lowered into the mighty waterway delivers data marking a key contrast. âHereâs the wedge,â says Kemick, a Tulane University researcher, pointing to blotches of dark blue indicating slower-moving water along the river bottom, signifying salt water. âAnd then here
Louisiana begins stocking redfish in its coastal waters. Can it help restore the population? (opens the original)
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Out on the far end of New Orleans, the tiny redfish swimming in a tank were unknowingly being readied for a life-altering journey. Water began flowing through a black tube connected to the tank, and out came the thousands of fingerling fish. They exited the tube into the shallows on the edge of the Rigolets, many of them darting toward nearby marsh â their new habitat. âThis is conservation history,â said Randy Pausina, who directs the Covington-based Recreational Fisheries Research Instit
Are Louisiana's coastal restoration efforts working? New data provides answers. (opens the original)
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Louisianaâs coastal restoration efforts over the past four decades have put an important dent in the stateâs land loss crisis, a new assessment shows, but the amount of erosion over the same time period remains far larger, illustrating the severe challenge ahead. The first-of-its-kind assessment presented to state officials Wednesday shows coastal restoration projects from 1984-2025 have either built, restored or sustained an area the size of Denver, Colorado, or about 153 square miles. That
Are fish farms the future of Gulf seafood? The stakes are high for Louisiana. (opens the original)
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The redfish were biting out in the Gulf, but not in the way theyâre usually caught. Instead, about 1,000 of them in total, all around 10 inches long, were in an artificial pen enclosed by netting, a machine on the surface tossing out tiny food pellets every five minutes. Ashley McDonald, the scientist managing what is currently the only finfish farm in the Gulfâs open waters, stood atop a yellow platform surrounding the wind-swept pen, waves lapping against its sides. She reflected on the sm
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