Reviving East Timbalier
East Timbalier, one of the islands that protect the Louisiana coastal wetlands in the us, is expected to disappear in just a few years, perhaps as early as 2004. Narrowed and cut by hurricanes and oil and gas exploration efforts, East Timbalier is just a shadow of its former self. Today it can be traced only by connecting its erratic coastline. Al Mistrot, an engineer working for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, and his 57-member crew are trying to rebuild the island