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Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse

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Barry Yeoman - KRVS - Lafayette, LA

Entry Date: March 27, 2011
Total Time: 00:06:55

Description: Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened levees outside New Orleans: They're building gardens that will keep them fed in the event of a seafood shortage sparked by the BP oil spill.

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