Sunk swampland recovering post-Katrina

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only

by Staff Writers
New Orleans (UPI) Dec 24, 2007
Many of the hundreds of acres of swampland destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will take decades to recover, and some may never be the same.

In the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area south of U.S. 90, the hurricane passed through swampland, destroying vegetation and carving out a 200-acre depression that now, filled with water, has unofficially been dubbed Lake Katrina, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

Invasive water hyacinths, which now carpet the lake, prevent native species from returning by covering the water's surface, depriving all life below of sunlight and oxygen, the newspaper said.

At Big Branch, a 15,000-acre federal preserve, about 2,400 acres of former marshland are now under standing water.

And at the White Kitchen Preserve, where the storm carved a 60-acre lake out of swampland, officials are also fighting a losing battle with water hyacinths and other invasive species.

But experts say nature will repair itself, if given enough time, and habitat lost to some animals can become new habitat to others.

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Indonesia's tsunami reconstruction chief lauds progress

Jakarta (AFP) Dec 23, 2007
When Kuntoro Mangkusubroto dashed in to lead reconstruction of Indonesia's Aceh in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, it was with little immediate help from his own government.

CIVIL NUCLEAR Russia FM in Libya for nuclear talks Iran's first home-built nuclear plant ready in 9 years: MP Taiwan nuclear power plant could run for extra 20 years: regulator Japan, Kazakh firms to tie-up in nuclear fuel processing: official	CLIMATE SCIENCE El Nino Affected By Global Warming Elevated Carbon Dioxide Changes Soil Microbe Mix Below Plants Adapt to climate change, World Bank chief tells developing nations Analysis: What did Bali achieve
FARM NEWS Illegal land grabs in China threatening food supplies: minister China's Agricultural Bank ready for bailout: officials SmartGrow uses hair to grow food Jekyll And Hyde Bacteria Offer Pest Control Hope	FLORA AND FAUNA Evolutionary Study Shows Beetles Are Life's 6-Legged Survivors African giraffes highly endangered: study Model Connects Circuit Theory To Wildlife Corridors Study: Giraffes are more than one species
ROCKET SCIENCE Dawn Of The Ion Age NASA To Begin Testing Of Engine That Will Power Ares Rockets Constellation Services International And Space Systems Loral Team On NASA COTS Proposal NASA Selects Prime Contractor For Ares I Rocket Avionics	NUCLEAR SPACE Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2 Outside View: Nuclear future in space Nuclear Power In Space
EARTH OBSERVATION Outside View: Arctic satellite balance Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract For GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper Study Shows Urban Sprawl Continues To Gobble Up Land ASU Researchers Use NASA Satellites To Improve Pollution Modeling	TECH SPACE Efficiency Of Satellite Telecommunications For Civil Protection Agencies Russia And France Developing New Satellite Platform Light Is Shed On New Fibre's Potential To Change Technology Major Physics Breakthrough In Understanding Supersolidity

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement