Katrina Environmental Issues

After reading the case-in-point presentation on Hurricane Katrina, I gathered my own analysis about how the environment has changed due to man altering the wetlands as a result creating disruptive environmental changes especially when Hurricane Katrina hit up and down the north-central Gulf coast along the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in August 2005 (Peter H. Raven, 2010). When reviewing the case in point on hurricane Katrina and its effects on the gulf coast I identified many unintended consequences of man activities that have led to environmental problems. The first problem that was notice was the fact that by changing the natural state of the wet lands disrupted the natural barrier or protection that the marsh would have created in…show more content…
One program is called United for a Healthy Gulf. This group protects the wetland from reckless development, logging, and keeping the army from using those lands for different projects and policies (Gulf Restoration Network, 2012). Another scientific program is the Coastal and Marine Geology Program. This program is set up to understand the coastal system and how human activities impact the ecosystem vulnerable the wetlands and communities will be to hurricanes in the future (Costal and Marine Geology Program). The last program is called Restoring the Gulf, this website involves scientist practitioners and other professional dedicated to learning and education on how to restore the gulf coast. On this website it also educates the average person about how important the wetlands are and why it is so important to keep these wetlands safe from being over…show more content…
(n.d.). Costal and Marine Geology Program. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from USGS: http://marine.usgs.gov/locator.php?selected_topic=34&selected_region=-1&selected_content=-1
Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. (2010). Strategy for Restoring the Gulf of Mexico. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://www.masgc.org/gmrp/documents/restorationstrategy.pdf
Go Green NOLA. (2012). Go Green NOLA Coastal Restoration. Retrieved from Go Green NOLA: http://www.gogreennola.org/coastalrestoration/
Gulf Restoration Network. (2012). Wetlands. Retrieved 08 20, 2012, from Gulf Restoration Network: United For A Healthy Gulf: http://healthygulf.org/our-work/wetlands/wetland-importance
Peter H. Raven, L. R. (2010). Case in Point Hurricane Katrina. Retrieved 08 20, 2012, from Environment 7th Edition: