Reporting from Los Angeles and New Orleans — In a desperate effort to keep oil from surging deeper into Louisiana's largest estuary, Jefferson Parish officials Saturday began lining up as many as 63 barges across two passes to protect one of its ecological jewels, Barataria Bay (kartans röda punkt).
"We call it Cajun ingenuity," said Dean Bonano, the homeland security chief for Jefferson Parish. "And if it works, we will extend it to the other three passes entering the bay."
By Saturday afternoon, 18 barges were positioned across the 7,000-foot wide entrances to Pass Abel and Four Bayou. The passes are the largest entrances to the bay, a vital area for ecotourism, recreational fishing and shellfish harvesting, Bonano said.---/L A Times
