The Economics of Coastal Restoration | Delta Dispatches

Simone Maloz is joined by Kristin Tracz, Program Officer with the Walton Family Foundation,  as a guest co-hosts!  Together, they welcome Dr. Robert Habans, Economist with The Data Center, and Dr. Loren C. Scott, President of Dr. Loren C. Scott and Associates,  to discuss new economic reports with relevance on Louisiana's coast.   Three new reports that show that coastal restoration is not just helping protect communities, industries and wildlife but also generating jobs and opportunity in the process.  When it comes to coastal restoration, it's about environmental stewardship (sure) but it's also about money -- the cash positive benefits to the economy.  Learn how.