Scorned on the Bayou

Louisianans fear a new plan to restore costal wetlands could destroy their way of life

By Melinda Tuhus

George Barisich has been shrimping and oystering in the Louisiana bayous--"everywhere I can float," he says--for 40 of his 50 years. He harvests oysters in brackish water (mixed salt and fresh) since they grow only in a certain salinity, and he catches shrimp from eastern Mississippi [RETURN TO ARTICLE]