As drought conditions worsen, Louisiana’s Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says firefighters are busy battling dozens of wildfires a week. Joe Gallinaro has the story…
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Saints general Manager Mickey Loomis addressed owner Gayle Benson’s criticism of the team’s slow start. Kace Kieschnick has more.
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Based on the forecast, it doesn’t look like Louisiana will see any rain for at least the next week. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Doctor Mike Strain says the lack of rainfall helps with harvest, but the state’s sugarcane crop could use some rain
Strain says the lack of rain could result in even higher food prices, because when there is no rain, farmers turn to irrigation to water their fruits and vegetables and other crops like corn and beans…
And the dry conditions are also raising the wildfire risk. Strain says they are now seeing 50-plus wildfires a week…
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The Federal Aviation Administration is accepting public comments through Monday on SpaceX’s proposal to build a large-scale rocket launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish. The Louisiana Wildlife Federation has submitted two letters to the F-A-A. Executive Director Rebecca Triche says their latest letter urges the agency to take local environmental conditions into account…
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The Louisiana Wildlife Federation and two other conversation groups, the National Wildlife Federation and the Pontchartrain Conservancy are also concerned about the F-A-A’s proposal that would allow them to waive 13 federal laws for commercial space licensing. Triche says such a proposal would eliminate environmental reviews by the F-A-A…
Triche says the L-W-F is urging the F-A-A to consider the impacts of coastal land loss and shoreline stability…
SpaceX has said they will operate under required environmental rules.
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Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis met with the media in Paris today and the first question he asked was about Owner Gayle Benson’s critical comments regarding the team’s slow start to the season. Loomis has no issues with what Benson said…
New Orleans responded with a win last Sunday against the Giants to improve their record to 2-and-4. Loomis says this is a young team and they are still learning how to win…
The Saints have been in Paris since Monday morning. Loomis says the early departure was not just to get acclimated to the new time zone.
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Despite concerns of civil unrest in Paris, the game is expected to go on as scheduled, and several players made public appearances on their day off in the city yesterday.