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Fragile Grounds
FromDelta Dispatches
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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week on Delta Dispatches, we speak with Jessica H. Schexnayder about her book, Fragile Grounds (https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/F/Fragile-Grounds), which compiles stories and photographs of endangered cemeteries throughout Louisiana's coastal zone and beyond. On the second half the show we welcome back Deborah Visco Abibou, Ph.D., restoration programs director for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. CRCL is about to install their latest oyster reef as part of their oyster shell recycling program.
Released:
Aug 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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