Category: Environment
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Against the Flow
The Lesson of the West Bay Sediment Diversion by Tori Bush • Photos by William Widmer Published in Louisiana Cultural Vistas • Spring 2018 Earl O. Armstrong’s airboat chugged out of Venice, Louisiana, and skated over winding bayous until finally, the boat went quiet near West Bay. Armstrong leaned over and said, “Look at those […]
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An Archive Apart: The Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection
Published Jan. 1, 2018 New Orleans Advocate Green bookshelves are stacked to the ceiling with a menagerie of preserved fish in large glass jars: a pocket shark from Florida, dogfish from Somalia, minnows from Pearl River and hammerhead sharks from Florida. Walking into the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, the largest fish archive in […]