Delta Dispatches

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

198 episodes of Delta Dispatches since the first episode, which aired on March 3rd, 2017.

  • Nonstructural Projects

    April 7th, 2017  |  39 mins 58 secs

    Welcome to the latest episode of Delta Dispatches with hosts Jacques Hebert & Simone Maloz. In this episode we talk about a specific aspect of the 2017 Coastal Master Plan – nonstructural projects. Featured guests include Andrea Galinski, a Coastal Resources Scientist with the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority, Liz Williams, Coastal Communities Resiliency Program Officer with the Foundation for Louisiana and Jimmy Frederick, Communications Director of Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.

  • Wildlife

    March 31st, 2017  |  41 mins 55 secs

    Welcome to Delta Dispatches with hosts Jacques Hebert & Simone Maloz. On this week's episode, Jacques interviews Dr. Andy Nyman, Professor of Wetland Ecology and Restoration at LSU about the importance and abundance of Louisiana wildlife and how our land loss crisis threatens coastal species. On the second half the show, Jacques is joined by Dr. Erik Johnson, Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Louisiana. Erik and Jacques talk about the importance of Louisiana's coast for migratory birds including prothonotary warblers and whooping cranes.

  • Fisheries

    March 24th, 2017  |  41 mins 54 secs

    In episode 4 of Delta Dispatches, Simone talks with Captain Ryan Lambert of Cajun Fishing Adventures to talk about coastal restoration. Later in the show, Dr. John Lopez, Director, Coastal Sustainability Program with the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, joins the program to talk with Jacques about saving Louisiana’s fisheries.

  • Sediment Diversions

    March 17th, 2017  |  40 mins 39 secs

    In episode three of Delta Dispatches, Jacques talks to Rudy Simoneaux and Brad Barr from the CPRA about the science of sediment diversions and how they fit into the 2017 Coastal Master Plan. Afterwards, Simone talks to Rebecca Trish from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation to discuss some of the coastal restoration projects LWF is currently working on.

  • The 2017 Coastal Master Plan

    March 10th, 2017  |  40 mins 56 secs
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    Welcome to Delta Dispatchers with hosts Simone Maloz & Jacques Hebert.

    On today’s show Bren Haase, assistant administrator of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority joins the program to talk with Simone about the “Masterplan”. Dr. Denise Reed, Chief Scientist, of The Water Institute of the Gulf comes on to also to talk with Jacques about the “Masterplan”.

  • The Science of Coastal Restoration

    March 3rd, 2017  |  51 mins 40 secs
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    Welcome to the inaugural episode of Delta Dispatches with hosts Simone Maloz & Jacques Hebert. On today’s show Steve Cochran Campaign Director of Restore the Mississippi Delta joins the program, as well as, Alisha Renfro, Coastal Scientist for the National Wildlife Federation.