In Louisiana, a Sinking Island Wars With Water and the Government

From The New York Times, June 19, 2006:

For natural and manufactured reasons, 30 square miles of Louisiana wetlands vanish verey year into the Gulf. The residents of Isle de Jean Charles are worried, partly because wetlands and barrier islands act as hurricane buffers to a vulnerable mainland.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/19/us/19road.html?_r=1&oref=slogin