Investigate why billions of tax payer dollars are spent on Louisiana tidal wetlands w

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Originally Posted by noodle creek

Those benefits are widely enjoyed by a majority or people who are trespassing and probably don't even realize it. If every land owner in south LA wanted to put their foot down, and could actually win in court, the majority of the public would not get these benefits.

Actually you get those benefits when you fish public water like Big Lake or even the near shore gulf. Juvenile fish, shrimp, crabs etc of many species grow up in the marsh before moving out to open water. Protecting the wetlands (marsh) protects the fishery as a whole.