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That perspective can be an invaluable tool, especially for out-of-state visitors. “The really cool thing about the model when you see it is that coastal Louisiana is really hard to get to. It’s really hard to take someone from Iowa and show them the coast,” said Amy Wold, director of communication at The Water Institute of the Gulf, an independent non-profit applied research organization that works to help solve complex environmental challenges. “You can take them to this place and they have these fantastic animations that really give them an idea of what’s going on. It gives a big picture, which was impossible to do before this.”
Wold said taking people who aren’t from the region through the facility and showing them the river model helps drive the point home and illustrates that what happens in coastal Louisiana affects the rest of the country. “People think of it as Louisiana problems,” Wold said. “These are nationwide impacts from the challenges we’re facing here. We’re all in this together.” More here.