New Atchafalaya Basin Coalition Wants In On Edwards' Task Force, And Wants Nature Conservancy Out

By Tegan Wendland

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A coalition of conservation groups on Friday announced the formation of the Atchafalaya Basin Coalition and sent a letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards imploring him to consider the Louisiana Nature Conservancy as a landowner, rather than a conservation group, when choosing members of a newly-formed task force.