re: More than $2 billion approved for unprecedented Louisiana coastal restoration project

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Leeville had cotton farms in the early 1900’s. I’m guessing that wasn’t a salt water marsh then.

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And there was sugar cane and cotton fields on Grand Isle. Leeville, which is on the West side of Bayou Lafouche, would not benefit from any annual flooding caused by the Mississippi River. There was certainly more land there 70+ years ago, but it's outside of the levee protection district and has suffered numerous direct hits from hurricanes. There's also a cost of cutting the marsh for O&G.