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MVTTC Highlights Strengths, Opportunities On The Lower Miss

Mar 14, 2025

Throughout the day-long conference, speakers from industry, government, and economists acknowledged uncertainties on the horizon, but they projected a...

City of Mobile releases its first-ever Resilience Plan

Mar 12, 2025

The City of Mobile has released its first-ever Resilience Plan, and Local news outlets are highlighting this achievement and recognizing The Water Ins...

Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. They also contribute to emissions when lost.

Feb 26, 2025

Louisiana’s wetlands are one of the planet’s most vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that ...

US NGO highlights blue carbon potential for Louisiana wetlands

Feb 5, 2025

A US NGO has published research showing that Louisiana’s wetlands could be a key carbon sink, presenting an opportunity for blue carbon projects in th...

What Is Blue Carbon?

Feb 5, 2025

The Water Institute's CEO, Beaux Jones, is back with Tommy Tucker to discuss blue carbon and the research on carbon sequestration budgets at The Insti...

Conserving Earth: The Water Institute Helps Communities Plan for the Future

Jan 15, 2025

The Conserving Earth Podcast is a monthly show featuring experts discussing wildlife and our natural resources, and what we can do to preserve our env...

Blue carbon and the Louisiana wetlands? We explain what that is and why it's so important

Jan 15, 2025

The Water Institute is studying Louisiana wetlands to judge their ability to hold "blue carbon." So what actually IS blue carbon? We talk to Beaux Jon...

Louisiana's wetlands are priceless. This team is calculating what they're worth to the climate.

Jan 9, 2025

Louisiana has more than three million acres of wetlands, vast expanses that teem with animals, trees, swamps, water and wildness. They're part of the ...

Louisiana’s Water Institute Wins National Award for Jacksonville Impact

Oct 24, 2024

Launched in October 2023, the Resilient Jacksonville strategy is a comprehensive 50-year framework aimed at preparing the city for climate change, pop...

City of Jacksonville wins national award for resiliency strategy

Oct 23, 2024

The city of Jacksonville has received a national award for its work to protect the city from flooding, intense heat and other severe weather. The city...

Experts join locals to plan for resilience lab

Oct 3, 2024

Resilience Lab planning will begin this month, according to St. Mary Excel. Local stakeholders (a diversified group of community leaders) will be join...

Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?

Sep 30, 2024

If the West’s leaders wanted to take some water from the East, who would they even ask? Right now, there’s no national water agency that could oversee...