Why should I care about the coast?
- In Q and A
Two million people live on the Louisiana coast, and each has a story that ties them there. To know this special place is to accept it into your heart, where its bayous, marshes and birdsongs leave an impression that lasts a lifetime.
Here, children go fishing in the same waters that their grandparents knew as young ones. They experience the joy of hooking a redfish, learn the mysteries of the currents and tides, and know respect for the millions of creatures of all kinds that live in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana.
Fragile history, languages and customs live along the coast. Working traditions of fishermen, shipbuilders and artists are one with an environment unlike any other in the world.
Losing Louisiana's wetlands means losing what it is to be Louisianan. If the land washes away, so will our way of life. Nothing could matter more for those who appreciate what it means to call a place home.
