IMG_7927.jpg BY JAN RISHER | Staff writer Jan Risher Author email Apr 27, 2026 Apr 27, 2026 Updated Apr 27, 2026 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pontchartrain Conservancy's chief scientist, Eva Hillmann, stands on a cheniere explaining about nature's lines of defense and the organization's efforts to plant trees to help restore the oak ridge forests along the coast of ¶¶Òõh. BY JAN RISHER | Staff writer Jan Risher Author email As featured on +8 These trees being planted near New Orleans are not for us: They're for our grandkids I put on the earplugs and headphones seconds before the airboat driver took off from the shore — and in that moment something shifted. With no need for small talk or conversation, the rest of the world fell away and I was able to bask in the beauty of the water and marsh. SMS Email Print Copy article link Save
+8 These trees being planted near New Orleans are not for us: They're for our grandkids I put on the earplugs and headphones seconds before the airboat driver took off from the shore — and in that moment something shifted. With no need for small talk or conversation, the rest of the world fell away and I was able to bask in the beauty of the water and marsh.