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SECURITYJun 16 · 10:00 UTCVERITE NEWSTristan Baurick

A shrinking strip of New Orleans marsh helps protect 1.5 million people. Louisiana wants to save it

A narrow New Orleans marshland, the Land Bridge, protects 1.5 million people from storm surges and floods but is rapidly disappearing. Louisiana plans a $101 million project to restore the marsh, which separates Lake Pontchartrain from the Gulf of Mexico and could vanish within 50 years without intervention.

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