The wetland restoration has started, but we need more water flow to have a functioning ecosystem.

The wetlands are important because they are the filtration between the marine environment and the terrestrial environment. By having a little filtration there, we protect the ocean from the impacts of man.

It's a quality of life thing for all the people in the Valley. It makes the air that you breathe in that area not full of dust. It makes driving on the road safer. It will increase the amount of fish and shrimp.

Pam simulated a large amount of water being swept from Lake Pontchartrain over the levee into the bowl of new Orleans,

It was after he bit me that, and was kind of, the water had calm down a little bit, that I was really like screaming my head off.

We would sit outside and draw them, paint them with water colors, they were just so beautiful. They were so beautiful and such an important part of the campus, and then the blossoms would fall to the ground. It always made me think about the deeper meaning of life.