Dramatic coastal land loss projected

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -  Scientists and others say that without action to protect and restore Louisiana's coast, the Gulf of Mexico will cover large chunks of coastal parishes in 90 years.

America's Wetland Foundation and other sponsors released a report Tuesday from the Deltas 2010 World Dialogues conference, which brought more than 400 experts from around the world to New Orleans in October.

Disappearing wetlands have been a known problem for decades. The conference looked at deltas worldwide.

The Advocate reports that foundation chairman King Milling says the hard part is doing what science tells us what needs to happen.

He says obstacles include lack of a central governmental authority for water resource management, now handled by various agencies.

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Information from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com