Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse

Image by: Barry Yeoman

Rosina Philippe wonders whether Grand Bayou can survive as a subsistence community.

Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse

Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
From: Richard Ziglar
Length: 00:06:55

Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened levees outside New Orleans: They're building gardens that will keep them fed in the event of a seafood shortage sparked by the BP oil spill. Read the full description.

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From: Richard Ziglar

Grandbayou_small Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened levees outside New Orleans: They're building gardens that will keep them fed in the event of a seafood shortage sparked by the BP oil spill.

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Broadcast History

First air date on KRVS-FM (Lafayette, LA): March 31, 2011.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

In a Native American village south of New Orleans, residents have found a new use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened levees in Louisiana. They're building gardens that will keep them fed in the event of a fisheries collapse from the BP oil spill. From KRVS-FM in Lafayette, Louisiana, Barry Yeoman reports.

OUTRO:

This broadcast was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in support of a reporting initiative called GulfWatch. GulfWatch, which examines the ongoing effects of the BP oil spill, is managed by Louisiana Public Broadcasting. You can find this and other stories at publicmediaexchange.org.

Additional Credits

Funding for this series comes from KRVS-FM as made available by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This grant, in support of the local reporting initiative called GulfWatch, is managed by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.