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Coastal Louisiana

The Island That Left: What Happened at Isle de Jean Charles, and Why It Matters

A thin ridge in Terrebonne Parish became a national test case for moving a community ahead of the rising Gulf. Here is what happened, in order: the vanishing land, the flooding road, the relocation, and the disputes that followed.