North America’s Amazon: The Restoration Has Begun
On Thursday, October 27, 2016, over 120 people joined Restore the Earth Foundation to celebrate the groundbreaking of our initiative to restore one million acres in the Mississippi River Basin—a vast ecosystem once so rich in biological and environmental resources...
The Houma Courier: Nonprofit group starts restoration project
By Sean Ellis, The Houma Courier A nonprofit organization broke ground today on an initiative to restore 1 million acres of land in the Mississippi River Basin with the planting of trees in Pointe-aux-Chenes. P.J. Marshall, co-founder and executive director of the...
The Houma Courier: State partners with group to restore area swamps
By Kevinisha Walker, The Houma Courier Until the mid-20th century, bald cypress filled 4,000 acres of Pointe-aux-Chenes’ forested wetlands, but erosion, sinking land and Gulf of Mexico storms have since destroyed most of them. In 2002, an oil and gas company tried to...
Press Release: Restore the Earth Foundation donates “Marsh Master” to LDWF
Oct. 28, 2016 – Restore the Earth Foundation announced its gift of a Marsh Master to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at its groundbreaking at Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area on October 27th. The Marsh Master, built by Coast...