With presently observed subsidence rates and anticipated accelerated sea-level rise, most--although not all--of the coastal landscape could be maintained through the 21st century. And with efficient management of the river's resourcs, this landscape could be expanded in some places.
 

 

 

 

 

Members of the Working Group

Donald F. Boesch, Chair, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Leonard Shabman, Vice Chair, Resources for the Future
L. George Antle, Spotsylvania, Virginia
John W. Day, Jr., Louisiana State University
Robert G. Dean, University of Florida
Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland
Charles G. Groat, University of Texas
Shirley B. Laska, University of New Orleans
Richard A. Luettich, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
William J. Mitsch, Ohio State University
Nancy N. Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans
Charles A. Simenstad, University of Washington
Bill J. Streever, BP Corporation
R. Bruce Taylor, Taylor Engineering
Robert R. Twilley, Louisiana State University
Chester C. Watson, Colorado State University
John T. Wells, College of William and Mary
Dennis F. Whigham, Smithsonian Institution

Brief bios of Working Group members, pdf, 23 kb

   
 

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