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Rising Waters A Media Milwaukee special project Home Into the Bayou Students Help Rebuild Lower 9th Ward America’s ‘First Climate Refugees’ Resettling Due to Years of Land Loss​ A Vacant Island on a Vanishing Coastline [VIDEO] Cookie Naquin’s Heart is Being Ripped from her Chest as the Isle de Jean Charles Sinks ‘The Sky is the Limit’: Stilted Homes and Living Above the Floods A Loss of Community 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina The UN Needs to Address Indigenous People Facing Climate Displacement: Complaint Sinking Louisiana Island [VIDEO] Fighting Coastline Erosion in Louisiana’s Wildlife Refuges Kluckin Tavern for Fowl Pitstop Homes on Isle de Jean are Not for Sale One Island Sinks as Another Grows: Birds Over People Katrina Damage 15 Years Later [VIDEO] Feet Rooted, Waters Rising Mardi Gras Indian: The Black Hawk Hunters Indian Removal Act Round II: The Story of Rita New Orleans Firefighter Talks About 9th Ward Devastation 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina What is Your Flood Risk? Here’s What You Need to Know Two Brothers Recall Living Through Hurricane Harvey Brown Pelicans Find Sanctuary in Revamped Queen Bess Island Invasive Species During the Rise of Climate Change Tribe Members of Isle De Jean Charles Refuse to Accept The Title of ‘Climate Refugee’ Nine People in the Lower Ninth Ward Rebuilding Their Community Louisiana Oyster Fishing in Shambles Due to Rising Fresh Water and Extreme Weather COVID-19 on the Coast: Concerns About Disaster Preparedness Isle de Jean Charles Resident Doesn’t Feel Like a Climate Change Refugee The Confederate Flag: History in the Bayou Our Team Photo Gallery Live Blog Media Milwaukee UncategorizedInto the Bayou Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Patricia McKnight The sun seems to love the skin on Donald Dardar; his skin is warm bronze with sunspots and deep lines. His face is weathered; he has the look of a true captain. And when he’s out on his boat, his skin gleams, and his long silver hair blows in the wind behind him. The sun’s […] UncategorizedCookie Naquin’s Heart is Being Ripped from her Chest as the Isle de Jean Charles Sinks Posted on June 3, 2020 June 9, 2020 by Adam Kelnhofer Everything that came out of Cookie’s mouth was said with a smile on her face. What if I said you can’t record me?” Clearly, Cookie had some experience with journalists coming to her house and asking about the situation on the island. While the words coming out of her mouth seemed unfriendly, the tone in […] UncategorizedAmerica’s ‘First Climate Refugees’ Resettling Due to Years of Land Loss​ Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Lalo Garcia The natives of the Isle De Jean Charles are facing huge amounts of land loss due to sea levels rising. What used to be 20,000 acres of land on the isle has dwindled to 350 acres. The Isle used to be surrounded by bountiful marshes and vast amounts of wildlife but has been swallowed up […] UncategorizedA Vacant Island on a Vanishing Coastline [VIDEO] Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Jodie Filenius Without a doubt, the Louisiana coastline is vanishing. A variety of factors are causing it, from climate change to oil drilling. The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal members of Isle de Jean Charles are certainly feeling the impact as they choose between saving their culture or saving their families. UncategorizedStudents Help Rebuild Lower 9th Ward Posted on June 3, 2020 June 5, 2020 by Dashanay Scott Lot prices in the lower 9th ward are low, and favorable for luxury developments and out-of-town developers are looking to take advantage of low prices. One construction company that’s building in New Orleans for the greater good is unCommon Construction, a construction company that provides paid apprentices for local high school students. We want to […] Uncategorized‘The Sky is the Limit’: Stilted Homes and Living Above the Floods Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Hayley Crandall One turn into almost any Louisiana coastal town and you are greeted by larger-than-life homes – but not in the sense you may be thinking. These houses sit like giants in the sky on stilts. They are all typically one-story homes that get raised many feet above the ground. A usual basement turns into open […] UncategorizedA Loss of Community 15 Years After Hurricane Katrina Posted on June 3, 2020 June 11, 2020 by Maggie Holdorf Nevles Brown has lived in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans almost his whole life. Now, 15 years after Hurricane Katrina, he says he didn’t expect his community to still look like this. Mr. Brown is not just talking about the debris-filled streets or the water-stained homes, but the loss of community, family and […] UncategorizedThe UN Needs to Address Indigenous People Facing Climate Displacement: Complaint Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Ian Bergersen While the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians move through a contentious relocation effort as their island is slowly swallowed by water, other Louisiana tribes and an Alaskan tribe facing similar predicaments have made their plights known to the United Nations by submitting a formal complaint. On Jan. 15, The Alaskan Institute for […] UncategorizedSinking Louisiana Island [VIDEO] Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Lily Maxwell Isle de Jean Charles is a Native American tribe in southern Louisiana. Chief Albert Naquin and the tribal members have been fighting for a safe resettlement site that will avoid flooding hazards caused by climate change, oil dredging, and hurricanes. UncategorizedFighting Coastline Erosion in Louisiana’s Wildlife Refuges Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Allison Beebe About 15 miles east of downtown New Orleans, the nation’s second-largest urban wildlife refuge rests on an isthmus between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne—a region constantly pummeled by storms off the Gulf of Mexico. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge has played a major role in the protection of one of the largest metropolitan areas at […] UncategorizedKluckin Tavern for Fowl Pitstop Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Patricia McKnight Usually you can catch the Kluckin Tavern at Tractor Supply in Gray La. on Saturday mornings. For all your fowl needs, Bobby Trahan and his parade of poultry are at your disposal. But we caught the trailer on the side of the road and decided stop and took a look inside. Trahan said he and […] UncategorizedHomes on Isle de Jean are Not for Sale Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Patricia McKnight The home of Johnny Tamplet isn’t an extravagant one. To get there you must pass over a hand-built bridge made out of wood with at least 3-inch gaps between the boards. In his yard, are discarded tires, and several rusty trucks and cars- some are even flipped over due to past hurricanes. The grass and […] UncategorizedOne Island Sinks as Another Grows: Birds Over People Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Adam Kelnhofer Eastern Terrebonne Parish is disappearing, but the entirety of Terrebonne Parish besides Isle de Jean Charles is protected by the Morganza to the Gulf levee system. The land areas south of the Morganza levee system act as a buffer zone for floodwater pushed inland from the Gulf. Across the Louisiana coastline, Director of the Terrebonne […] UncategorizedKatrina Damage 15 Years Later [VIDEO] Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Lily Maxwell The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans was one of the hardest hit areas from Hurricane Katrina. Now, 15 years after the storm, rebuilding is still taking place. A group of journalists interview people to see how much help they received (or didn’t). UncategorizedFeet Rooted, Waters Rising Posted on June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 by Allison Beebe Indigenous to the Isle Outside of a stilted house at the tip of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, an artistically renovated toilet displayed a sign that read, climate change is not worth _.” The exhibit belongs to Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal member Chris Brunet, whose family has been...