Val Marmillion, America's Wetland Foundation (2012)
The Press Club
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2012-09-24
Duration: 00:26:49
Subjects: Marmillion, Valsin A. | BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | America's Wetland Foundation | Environment | COASTAL EROSION | COASTAL RESTORATION | Vietnam | Hurricanes | Hurricane Isaac, 2012
Contributors:
- Marmillion, Val Speaker
Description
A speech by Val Marmillion before the Baton Rouge Press Club on September 17, 2012. Marmillion is the managing director of the America’s Wetland Foundation. He discusses: the creation of the Foundation and its campaign to save the wetlands; Baton Rouge’s inclusion as a coastal area; the effect of land loss on Baton Rouge; the Foundation’s “Unintended Consequences Report”; representing Louisiana nationally; applying the report to the Mekong Delta at a summit in Vietnam; and Hurricane Isaac’s impact on LaPlace.