“If the state wants it, it’s going to happen. I don’t think we can change the legislature. It’s got to be a group effort to take this [fight] to the judicial [level] and start from there,” attendee John Tesvich described at the Joint Task Force Working Group meeting on Wednesday, October 5, to discuss commentary submissions for the final Environmental Impact Statement concerning the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. “We need to have a way to seek justice.” Photo by Amber Prattini Wallo
“This project is discriminating against the Asian and Black communities down here. It’s going to wipe out neighborhoods, a way of culture and livelihood,” expressed Rocky Ditcharo, a Buras dock worker, at the Joint Task Force Working Group meeting. Photo by Amber Prattini Wallo
On Wednesday, October 5, the Shrimp, Crab, and Oyster Task Forces held a joint public meeting to address the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Plaquemines Parish recently published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). While the meeting was officially designated for discussion on submitting a public comment to USACE—which i...
![“If the state wants it, it’s going to happen. I don’t think we can change the legislature. It’s got to be a group effort to take this [fight] to the judicial [level] and start from there,” attendee John Tesvich described at the Joint Task Force Working Group meeting on Wednesday, October 5, to discuss commentary submissions for the final Environmental Impact Statement concerning the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. “We need to have a way to seek justice.” Photo by Amber Prattini Wallo](/sites/plaqueminesgazette.com/files/2757e1a645_Ar00104001.jpg "“If the state wants it, it’s going to happen. I don’t think we can change the legislature. It’s got to be a group effort to take this [fight] to the judicial [level] and start from there,” attendee John Tesvich described at the Joint Task Force Working Group meeting on Wednesday, October 5, to discuss commentary submissions for the final Environmental Impact Statement concerning the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. “We need to have a way to seek justice.” Photo by Amber Prattini Wallo")
