Censure of LSU, a Boost to Ivor van Heerden’s Credibility

An academic watchdog group has voted to place LSU on academic censure for mistreatment of Dr. Ivor van Heerden who, after Katrina, was fired for blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for the failure of the levees and the drowning of New Orleans. The American Association of University Professors, AAUP has found merit in Dr. van […]

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The Keeper’s Response to our Appeal and our Assessment

When the Army Corps of Engineers failed to respond to a request for comment on our nomination of two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places, Levees.org elected to appeal to the official arbiter for such procedural breakdowns, the Keeper of the Register in Washington DC. The interim Keeper, Ms. Carol […]

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Levees.org Rolls Out Self-guided Levee Disaster Bike Tour

Levees.org is pleased to roll out a Self Guided Levee Disaster Bike Tour of three major levee breach sites in New Orleans’s Main Basin. Starting at City Park, cyclists ride through the Park and along Bayou St. John to the first stop – the east breach of the London Avenue Canal.  Traveling alongside the Canal, the […]

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