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		<title>Dardenne: Too late to save some areas of Gulf Coast</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials from across south Louisiana said residents along the entire Gulf Coast will face tough decisions. Tuesday began the first of 14 meetings to develop plans on how to sustain coastal communities that are susceptible to natural and manmade disasters and coastal erosion. The most distressing information was the revelation that some areas won’t be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1447&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feds: Clean up or say goodbye to land-based shrimping</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Apr. 23. 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS Federal officials said Tuesday that land-based cast netting for shrimp in Sabine Wildlife Refuge will end if issues over waste and illegal activities are not resolved. The most-persistent issue is the wanton waste of fishery resources, said Don Voros, manager of the Cameron Prairie, Sabine, Lacassine and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1419&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoors: Hogs run wild in state</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Apr. 4, 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS Feral, or wild, hogs have been in Louisiana for years, but recently both state and federal wildlife officials say they have seen a dramatic increase in their population. Hogs reproduce quickly and can begin breeding as early as 6 months of age. They have two litters each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1425&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing seen as key for Louisiana shrimpers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Apr. 4, 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS Taking the helm of the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force, Mark Abraham said the board is facing a number of issues, with the most serious being marketing. “We first need to decide if we are going to market as Louisiana shrimp or Gulf shrimp,’’ said Abraham, a managing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1423&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner’s Office now has on-site morgue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Apr. 1, 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS The Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office unveiled a portable cooling system Thursday that would allow them to set up an on-site morgue during an emergency. The system is a set of refrigerated mats that go in a body bag, along with the body, to lower the temperature to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1427&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police Jury to vote on map proposal April 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Mar. 30, 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS Calcasieu parish officials on Tuesday, presented a redistricting map filled with minor shifts in district lines. “We focused on maintaining distinct communities, while still following federal laws,’’ said Kade Cole, the attorney who oversaw the redistricting. The parish population according to the 2010 census is 192,768. Majority [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1430&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SW La. officials map out plan to tackle coastal erosion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*published Mar. 24, 2011 BY VANESSA C. DEGGINS Armed with information from a half-dozen studies, Southwest Louisiana officials spent Wednesday laying out possible coastal restoration projects and how to get them completed. Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach said one important factor would be to change people’s thinking. “Everyone has this ‘deltaic’ thinking, they keep comparing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1435&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists, engineers across globe have studied coastal erosion (sidebar)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials at the Blue Ribbon Resilient Community Forums presented information from scientists and engineers all over the world. Here is an overview of some of the studies used. Building a Resilient Energy Coast The study by Entergy and America’s Wetland Foundation was an attempt to put a potential price tag on the climate risks on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1437&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marsh planting just beginning of restoring ravaged coastline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dozen volunteers spent Monday in Hackberry planting marsh grass along a levee next to Black Lake. The grass — smooth cordgrass — will help secure the 25-year-old levee, which was recapped last October, according to Hilary Colis, a restoration coordinator with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. The 3 1/2-mile levee had been worn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1444&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates: Child abuse requires more attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One in four girls and one in six boys will suffer some type of abuse before they turn 18, according to the Family &#38; Youth Counseling Agency’s Children’s Advocacy Center. “I think a lot of people wonder, ‘Why should I care?’” said agency director David Duplechian. Well, “if it’s not your child, it may be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vdegginsmedia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8406908&amp;post=1442&amp;subd=vdegginsmedia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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