Brown Pelican's Return to Coastal Louisiana

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The Brown Pelican's Return to Coastal Louisiana
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Coastal Louisiana's brown pelicans have faced serious challenges across the past several decades, but they are now thriving where they once were extinct. This 2-part series explores their battle with pesticides, along with two CWPPRA projects that have been instrumental in the recovery and preservation of pelican habitat.

Part One discusses the history of Louisiana and the brown pelican, the pelican's disappearance, and tentative return.

Part two discusses the vanishing habitat, barrier island restoration, and their reintroduction, and return of population.