The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) – Without offering specifics, President Barack Obama’s first budget calls for continued financing to restore Louisiana wetlands, including a study to identify “the best ways to restore wetlands” destroyed or damaged by the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet.

His $5.1 billion spending request for the Army Corps of Engineers also includes continued work on “planning sustainable methods” to minimize the impact of hurricane storm surge on Gulf coastal areas. [read more…]