Monday, January 22, 2018

Environmental Overview - 1987

In late 1987 the St. Tammany News-Banner newspaper published a special section on environmental concerns facing the parish. The project featured several different writers addressing a variety of subjects: air quality, water quality, wetlands, etc.

Here is the introduction and pictures of the writers who were involved. Click on the images below to enlarge the view to more readable text.


The writers who took part in submitting articles for the special section.

In the 1980's St. Tammany was home to a growing number of concerned environmentalists, and this was back in the day when protecting the environment was not on everyone's "to do" list.  

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Student Environmentalists in 1987