Photo via MSNBC Lake Pontchartrain lies just north of New Orleans. The famous lake and Louisiana icon suffered from pollution until restoration efforts brought it back to health in the 1990s. It once again became an important fishery and popular recreational destination. Then it got hit by Hurricane Katrina. Now, of course, it stands to be threatened all over again. Oil has just made landfall there, with some 1,000 tar balls washing ashore, and 1,700 pounds of crude having been cleaned up so far. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Oil Hits New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain
