National Wetlands Research Center

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Science for Recovery and Restoration

• Updated Hurricane Land Change
• Katrina Posthurricane Flights
• Rita Posthurricane Flights
• Before and After Hurricane Katrina Pictures of Caernarvon (Breton Sound)
• Prehurricane Survey of Raccoon Island, Louisiana
• Impact on Biological Resources

Science for Emergency Response and Recovery

• Search and Rescue Mission
• Geospatial Technology Assists in the Hurricane Katrina Search and Recovery Efforts
• Scientists Work 24-7 to Assist in the New Orleans Search, Rescue, and Recovery Mission
  

Humanitarian Relief

• Humanitarian Efforts
• Information for Evacuees
• How to Help

Other Hurricane Information

• Hurricane Research at NWRC
• NWRC Hurricane Information Page
• NWRC Hurricane Issues and Capabilities

Other Responses to Hurricane Katrina

• For a National Perspective of Hurricane Katrina's Impacts Visit the USGS Homepage
• 2005 Aerial Photography of Hurricane Katrina Damage
• Imagery through University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Satellite images and aerial photographs of the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on coastal Louisiana
  

NWRC in the News

• The Orange County News: Waterfowl Habitat Bounces Back - 11/1/2006
• The New York Times: Time to Move the Mississippi, Experts Say - 9/19/2006
• Government Executive: USGS Hurricane Response Team led by Dr. Thomas Casadevall - 9/19/2006
• The Washington Times: Innovation to the Rescue - 8/29/2006
• The Daily Advertiser: Dry fields may hurt duck, goose hunt - 7/30/2006
  
• USA Today: La. parish wonders what's next - 5/1/2006
• The New Yorker: Can southern Louisiana be saved? - 2/27/2006
• The Times-Picayune: Coastal losses greater than thought - 2/15/2006
• Relief Web: USA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing - 11/21/2005
• KATC TV : Hurricane impacts on Environment - 11/21/2005
• USA Today: Wetlands restoration efforts gain ground - 11/21/2005
• Washington Post: Hurricanes Take Bite Out of La. Wetlands - 11/10/2005
• America's Wetland: Hurricanes Take Bite Out of La. Wetlands - 11/9/2005
• Natural Resources Defense Council: Science Panel Says Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Lack Plan for Restoring Wetlands - 11/9/2005
• MSNBC: Louisiana wetlands efforts criticized - 11/9/2005
• The Boston Globe: The price of protection - 11/7/2005
• The Times-Picayune: Feds are treating Louisiana like enemy - 11/6/2005
• Geo Community: USGS Reports Preliminary Wetland Loss Estimates for Southeastern Louisiana from Hurricanes - 11/5/2005
• Yuba Net: USGS Reports Preliminary Wetland Loss Estimates for Southeastern Louisiana from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - 11/5/2005
• MSNBC: Louisiana loses chunk of natural storm buffer - 11/4/2005
• The Daily Advertiser: Storms take bite out of state - 11/3/2005
• Tuscaloosa News: Katrina and Rita rip up huge chunk of Louisiana's coastal marshes - 11/2/2005
• The Times-Picayune: Toll on marshes heavy -10/23/2005
• Enviroment News Service: Engines of Ecotourism, Understaffed Wildlife Refuges Still at Risk - 10/7/2005
• USGS Soundwaves: USGS Center in Lafayette, LA, Provides Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - 10/3/2005
• The Daily Advertiser: Louisiana losing ground - 10/3/2005
• USA Today: Louisiana coast no longer as nature intended - 10/2/2005
• Discovery Channel: Expert: Louisiana Now More Vulnerable -9/26/2005
• Times of Acadiana: Heroic Hands - 9/22/2005
• Washington Post: Natural Buffers Took a Beating -9/21/2005 (paper edition only)
• National Geographic: Katrina Weakened, But Didn't Wipe Out, Invasive Rodents - 9/9/2005
• NPR's Morning Edition: Thursday, September 8, 2005, Saving New Orleans, a Sinking City - 9/8/2005
• Washington Post: Katrina Takes Environmental Toll - 9/7/2005
• ABC News: Katrina Proved Experts' Early Warnings Right - 9/7/2005
• Geo Community -9/2/2005
• Community Dispatch -9/2/2005
• USGS News -9/2/2005
• The Daily Advertiser: Local federal agencies jump to rescue victims - 9/1/2005

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