Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is hoping to get approval to use some BP cash to rebuild the brown pelican habitat on Queen Bess Island. It’s home to the site of the first effort to reintroduce pelicans to the Pelican State in 1968. Coastal Resource Scientist Manager Todd Baker says the crucial habitat has taken a beating over the last 50 years.
The state received 148 million dollars after the 2010 BP Oil spill to bolster coastal rookeries.
18-year-old Mason Andrews of Monroe is now the youngest person to ever circumnavigate the globe in an airplane after returning home over the weekend from a journey around the world that began July 22nd. Andrews says the adventure was taxing at times, and that the scariest part of his journey was over Saudi Arabia, where he had to be locked in during a dangerous bout of weather for nearly half a day.
Cut 12 (08) “…massive standstorm.”
Andrews made the flight to raise money for Louisiana MedCamps,
It was an emotional night in the Mercedes Benz Superdome last night as Saints quarterback Drew Brees became the N-F-L’s all-time passing leader. Jeff Palermo has more…