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Gulf Oil and Gulf Restoration

The road to recovery for the Gulf of Mexico starts with the wetlands. Conservationists and state officials say a long-term, large-scale plan to restore Louisiana’s marshes is the way to heal the damage.

Conservationists and Gulf Coast officials say the effects of the BP oil disaster will be widespread and long lasting, and it’s time to start thinking about a large-scale, long-term response. They say the best way to help the fragile marshes recover from the oil is an ambitious plan to restore the disappearing wetlands of the Mississippi Delta. LOE’s Jeff Young reports from the Louisiana coast.