Voice of the Wetlands

Test your know knowledge on America's Wetlands and find out if you know what the wetlands truly mean to you.

What region is the leading producer of oysters in the U. S.?
a. Chesapeake Bay	b. Florida	c. Coastal Louisiana

Over 50% of the shrimp harvested in the lower 48 states originates in what coastal state?
a. Georgia	b. Florida	c. Louisiana	d. Texas

Which area in the United States plays a strategic role in 25% of our nation's oil and gas supply?
a. Coastal Florida	b. Coastal Georgia
c. Coastal Louisiana	d. Coastal California

What estuary has served as the incubator of one of the most unique cultures and the best cuisine in the world?
a. Long Island Sound	b. The Everglades
c. Barataria-Terrebonne, LA	d. San Francisco Bay

What area has 30% of the coastal wetlands in the U. S.?
a. Everglades	b. Chesapeake
c. Coastal Louisiana	d. San Francisco

Which coastal state has 80% of the Coastal Wetlands loss?
a. Florida	b. North Carolina
c. Coastal Louisiana	d. California

What is the largest port by tonnage in the world?
a. Rotterdam	b. New York
c. Baton Rouge-New Orleans

Which state produces 75% of the alligators harvested in the U.S.?

a. Florida	b. Texas	c. Louisiana

Which of the nation's most biologically productive areas receives the least amount of Federal Funds for restoration?
a. Chesapeake Bay	b. Florida Everglades
c. Coastal Louisiana	d. Coastal California

10.

Which is the only part of the U. S. that has the potential to lose hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands due to inaction?
a. Florida Everglades	b. Chesapeake Bay
c. Coastal Louisiana	d. Coastal California

The correct answers are all C: "Louisiana."

The answers to all 10 of these questions will shock the average American.
We have to ask, "Why don't we know what the wetlands mean to us?"

Coastal Louisiana is home to seafood, international trade, and energy on a world class basis. Its water is not clear,
because its abundant productivity results in a soup of algae, fish eggs, and other larval aquatic species.

We are losing something important to the United States and the World.

If San Francisco Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and the Everglades are important (which they are!),
then how can we not believe coastal Louisiana is at least equally important?
Failure will mean that we lose communities and businesses which help support all of America.

National awareness of the problem will help develop the political-will necessary to begin
dealing with this coastal collapse on a scale that will deal with the problem.

For further information on the impact of Louisiana's wetlands,
please contact Windell Curole at (985) 632-7554 or cell phone 696-2084