re: As a new Mississippi River bridge moves forward, rare cypress forest could be in danger

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She probably hadn't walked that land in decades until this became an issue.

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if ever, my thoughts exactly

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What was the proposed project and what do you do on the land now?

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Extend a highway and putting in a suburb. We hunt and fish it, have 20 acres of native plants we keep up with, 50 acres of oak forests that is now almost 80 years old, 4 acre pond, and rest is pine trees. Iirc their plan was to put in 180 houses.

Folks who don’t own land or have never owned land, who have never worked land to improve it for wildlife, recreated on it with past generations of family, have a difficult time understanding the desire/need to hold on to it.

I once put our place up for sale, based on the fact that my children no longer lived in Louisiana and have no intentions of coming back. I got a very generous offer and at the last moment backed out of selling. All the time I’d spent there with my father, grandfather and friends kept going through my head. All the sweat and hard work put into building a pond, roads and food plots…it just felt like I was throwing it all away.

I understand her plight, but also understand that if the state chooses that location, there will be little she can do to prevent it from happening. My suggestion would be to start looking for another tract she could purchase.

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Sounds like people need to fork money out and buy the land from her, then allow the bridge to be built. Or get over it and accept it’s her land

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Do you really think she’s not going to get paid. All this woman is doing is making a stink to try to get more of my taxpayer dollars. She’s a piece of shite. frick her

[quote]I can remember the fighting in Lafayette over the Camellia bridge. Eventually eminent domain won out, and it sure made getting around Lafayette alot better, but folks lost homes than they have been in for decades with no desire to leave.[/quote

Are they planning on taking out her home?

Just one of the reasons the bridge has never been built. This and the folks of West Baton Rouge who killed it in 2006 with a petition because of the cinclare sugar mill building. and the Ascension Parish 2008 petition because of a swamp.

It is hard enough for the Corps and USCG to agree and accept a location, they can never get by the environmental.

So when people complain about how long it has taken, this is why.

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This and the folks of West Baton Rouge who killed it in 2006 with a petition because of the cinclare sugar mill building.

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because of the actual Cinclare Sugar Mill structures or because Antonio subdivision is right next door?

Oh for frick sake.

I’m sure if someone digs enough, there is gonna be some bullshite that the bridge will affect

Poor people, those we don’t speak of, insects, birds, plants, trees, hummingbirds, rocks, or whatever.

At some point, the answer is gonna be shut the frick up, we are gonna build this bridge whether you like this or not.

Stop mutha fricking stalling

Personally I as m glad she is bringing this to our attention. We don’tneed to be bulldozing down old growth forests if we can help it.

The question is whether or not there is an alternative. And if not is there anything we can do to mitigate the damage.

But the bridge is extremely important and it has to be built somewhere.