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Louisiana has an ambitious $50 billion plan to fight coastal wetlands erosion. But will it work?

As Brig. Gen. Duke DeLuca wrapped up his 32-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August, he contemplated the key to Louisiana’s massive, 50-year, $50 billion effort to prevent the southeastern portion of the state from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest here 10:49