Louisiana is losing a football field of wetlands an hour, new U.S. Geological Survey study says

#Louisiana is losing a football field of wetlands an hour, new U.S. Geological Survey study says
Louisiana’s coastline has been losing wetlands at a rate of 16.57 square miles a year during the past 25 years, equal to the loss of a football field of coast every hour, according to a study released today by the U.S. Geologicial Survey.

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