In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, coastal experts are trying to gauge the destruction to Louisiana's marshes. Emma Marris travels to the coast to learn what might be saved — and what might not. Getting stuck was the highlight of the day. In Little Vermilion Bay, along Louisiana's fast-disappearing coast, researchers cherish every bit of land they can find. So when a boatload of scientists recently got stuck in chocolate-brown mud, they celebrated even as they struggled. "We got the boat through here last time," says Richard Raynie, a coastal-resources scientist at the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), satisfied with the change.
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