Episode Archive
199 episodes of Delta Dispatches since the first episode, which aired on March 3rd, 2017.
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Funding
April 14th, 2017 | 38 mins 51 secs
This week's episode is dedicated to just one thing: funding! Simone and Jacques will talk to their guests about the complex realities of funding coastal restoration in Louisiana. In the first half the show, Jacques will speak with Elizabeth Mabry, Senior Policy Manager, Ecosystems, Environmental Defense Fund to talk about the opportunities and challenges in securing funding in today's political realities. On the second half of the episodes, Simone welcomes Chip Kline, Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities, Chair, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to talk about funding from the government's perspective including how the CPRA funds the master plan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.