In 2026, volunteers began planting 30,000 trees to rebuild the wetland forest that once shielded New Orleans from storms
- 30,000 native trees near New Orleans and Lake Borgne, PC: AP Photo/Joshua A.
- BickelIn the wetlands behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne in Meraux, Louisiana, hundreds of young saplings stand wrapped in white plastic cylinders as volunteers ferry them through the marsh by airboat.
- The goal is to plant more than 30,000 native trees, mainly bald cypress and water tupelo, across the Central Wetlands around New Orleans and St.
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- 30,000 native trees near New Orleans and Lake Borgne, PC: AP Photo/Joshua A.
- BickelIn the wetlands behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne in Meraux, Louisiana, hundreds of young saplings stand wrapped in white plastic cylinders as volunteers ferry them through the marsh by airboat.
- The goal is to plant more than 30,000 native trees, mainly bald cypress and water tupelo, across the Central Wetlands around New Orleans and St.
Sources: Times of India