announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned durg hurrice katrinare being puto the tt along e cst of losiana. so predictew orlns will be suerged byhe endf this cenry. the gion's surval depds on its abity to apt tolimate cnge. if succeful, louiana may provide bluepri for oers arnd the wld. [filadvance clicng]

tucker:here werfamili here.here werkids in e streetlayingootball,ight? therwereeighbo. this houswas the ndy ladyas kids, wwould co down andpend ouruarters d t here this poh and ea and jusenjoy thatmosphe the counity, rht, and tht wentway justvernig. it ju got wasd away. elicopt whirrin ma: we areeeing sces like th one thrghout thcity. iebermando you rember if y told em thatthe

vees habroken? bro: i don't reca specifally, buit was tt ne orleanss floodi. waers: no.it. knoed over em planton their rch la night,uh? mis is somupset wi you. couple months o, we haa ran storm,ust a ornary rainstm in soueast louiana. it waone of the days tt we thoht, "heyjust a ltle rain but low ad behol the ci flooded.he draine sy was not upo par. tucker: lovedurricaneas kidsi rememb when e calm came, weould plaout in t water. was jusanother y

ff from hool, right,ut now it's terrifng. i's terriing. lters: ts is not hoax. ths is rea climatehange is rel, so hodo we li with it? i ink in ts sectn of wn, 're srting to underand thatater and climate changgoes hd in hand. johnsn: new leans ithe st 5 to 7 years s really taken on great aptation climateesiliee and cimate chae. elevaon is onof the jor adaations tt you sotimes se is thathe housesre raisehigher. ts is theenter fothe suainable gagementnd develoent. wehave rai

gaens herewe help communies how tbuild ra garden we alsoave a orard. youee over re, we havlemons. t us oneff here.fter krina, u had al these tons from e water,o at wentnto the il, and 's alover the lower ninth wa and probly a loin losiana. evintly, th processf going through the ees to br fruit,t doesn't ome in theruit. so, we recommenabove-begardens where u can pufresh so to ve you cps that e not tanted witthat poi. wht we've trd to do help with theommunityo first educate them becaue they t coused abo, you kn, is imate chge a polical sue. iit real? we ju try o give them the fas. then we try to sw how th can be advates f how we apt to th climate cker: ife don't do methin allhis beau of new orlns thatverybod love touristcome dowto e, th' lking at

juswater. tt's it. wiiams: the plan we've reled onelieves at we cafight water, d if yo've er been to a ach when tre'a rtide andou thinyou can ght wate you willearn that y will le that btle. waoner: wi a clite adaption pla, you hava wet syst and a d system,o wheyou neeto liftater ou you cado thatbut when you ne to let e watein, you n let thwater in thrgh that stem into thse nals a circula it arou e city. willms: i ansome peole mighwalk pas here an think, "oh, yh. it's just orgrown

grass.no. it's a w-lying area th has certain vegetion in ithat is e perfect vetation wn you want war to absb and be able to ssipate a more grual ratei mean, doesn't loolike a t of natur science,ut ther's a lot o tural sence thagoes int it. waggone costs ls to have greeinfrastrture becse is is l-maintence. thiis a mod of a pa of the city the main draina basin. you ve an unrground stem, e white lis under e ear. the id was to t the aternto thespipes, tget thatater tthespumps and push itut. thatas the thod. williams: uth of t matter is, ere is nway to sve our waterssues wi just ou pum and tbines.t's t ough. will ner be enough. ggoner:ou know,ecades o ing thwrong thg usuall killou. wgot our ath rning in005.

lliams: thereas a poitical ll to ma sure hat thisity seesnother00 ars, would mean ving ery beatiful, very aesthic bleways alg with genys thughout t city, us living with water, so that when that next storm comes, because it's going to come--that's a fact-- that water has a place to go other than your cars and your homes and the street. [film advance clicks] reed: at some point after hurricane katrina, people started get really serious about costal isss, and ty staed to thk about sk duction,rotectinpeople from flding, tother wit restoraon as onthing th needs toe addresd, and s we came up th this astal master anhich ia list of pjects at havbeen scieificallyette and so

whave procts thatredge marial froone place and t in anotr place actuall bui new mares wherehere' opn watert the mont. on the rk-reductn sidewe hae extensive ries of levees a floodgas around ome crital coast counities.hese arerojects tht we think will rk, not rk now,ut work to the fute. man: thiis skyla 5478 vember. kolr: stat's cstal masr pln is a $ billion50-year pl. i coider mysf an eanograpr and a astal ologist,o i lo at issus le why weink in lisiana, and i ao look at issu like how we rebuilcoastal lancape. thbarrier lands are o of the rst lineof defens against storm, ght, so note how th is now etty

much ctinuous.here'no chaels in t middle it. th is an emple of restored barrier land. all rig. thenou can see w orlean so tha's on of the mor post-trina lee improments, sthe ea was t baically twall offhis area to preve a stormurge fro getng to thlower nih ward. leveesre sometes builtith earth,nd sometes they're built wi concrete, but the coreoint is thathey are l a walthat procts an aa from was anrising waters rom a srm. the ggest variae in thiis sea lel rise. the sl level ri ras are athe low e of the sptrum of at peopl pdict, th you cou rebuild large aas of thlandscap and pride flooprotecti foa lot ofeople. irates ar at the gh end, en i think lot of eas wilbe lost,ven with thetate's

best forts. l rightwell, weome to codrie. thmasterlan eds a l of inpu and so e kind owork thai do fee into t parameters thathe sta needs apart of s master an. so, y know, iust want to ve you aiew of wt the sa marshearound here ok like. you c see thathere's rsh f miles ithat dirtion. marss prove a lot buffer frm storm ergy, sohey're a buffebetween r huma civilizaon and t sea, sohe restoration invves pumping sedint into marsh li this to rai the eletion tallow it toetter keep pacwith sea

level re and toill in aas at haveroded. so thiss the bba dove stcture, wch is onof the major fldgates ithe morganzto the gf levee systm. with levee,ne questionhat you ve is ho'inse and o is ouside the lee syste by drawg this wl in thearsh, y're chging thenvironme, but yo'ralso setng dowa series princips of who liveshere andhe kin of oices tt these mmunitie face inhe years ahead, me of which e going be veryvery tou choices.

albert pnaquin: is area used tbe lover' lane cause therwas treeall overhe placeyou could get iherend go hidback the, so w'd listeto musicnd hang t with ur girliend. y'al do't md if i s that, h? all ght. i w born anraised rightere, n theall gss rightere. i gss it reresent wre all omy anestors w born anraised and die and a l is buri overere, awell, soo me, it means ahole bun. mardell the land impoant tos becausit' whre our aestors stled. that's wherare famies are. that's whe the hea of who

we ares. i's apace at we becomone with alrt p. nain: the dians we in theay of e white man, so ty all signed eaties f more la and mor nd, and th' how we t to er here.he goverent chased , so we settleover hee and wahappy, a now ther nare is geing us awy. brunet: this my granarents on my moer' side, m grandmoth and my andfather rit there. was raid here my whollife. y. isle d jeanharlesas alwaybeen a wonderl place live.he islandidn't actuly open to thworld fully, notntil abo the ear fiftieshen our ro was bui. was vereasy to ke up in the morng and s armadil

in the yd or opoum or raccoon, yoknow, cssing th yard whateve whatnotall that hashanged bause, wi a lot of just beg water w, e tes have ed off. at you' seeing actuay just a kelen of whait used , you kw? bert p.aquin: tme, it ans almo, i guesyou can say, lika familyember hang ncer, yoknowit' being eat away, y know, wre it's just little b by litt bit gting desoyed. no the only thg is,he piecof lan is lting lonr than t human dy can.

the onright he is an o fielcanal. ere's one tht passesere. the's one th passes bit furer, and ere's e that pses in the ckso you're loing at water saltwat intrusi ming om theipeline nals, anthey desoyed the vegetati that wesed to have.. butyou knowmost of e people wk for thoil comnies. th'rethe one that's putng food d payin the nt and mtgages a stuff likehat, so,s much ayou hate the you he to like em.

dupreisle de an charl is-- what's theommon ying?-he nary ithe mineield. w're seeing-ver herewe call relate sea vel riseyou havehe globasea leverise, which islightbut abou80% the seaevel rishere is becau of subsence, so we bo subsidi and youave the global sea leverise at e same te, so w areinkingy, think i's 3illimete a yr. it don't und like muchbut you into 40 yea, 50 yea, and yostart o noticeifferees when you're alady onlylightly ove the ter likesle de jean crles. brunetin theeginningit was a slow ocess. iwas real not rely noticble, but tn whever theater staed cominin even re with , it got toe more pid becse they hadore war comingn

and theand did't snd a chanc so many ople on eir o did makthe decion to go becau of the ter. dena naqn: my damoved of thesland, want toay, right fore i w born beuse he wasn't able get to rk with theoad floong and hneeded to wo, but i amrom th biloxihitimachchoctaw nd of isle jean chles, and that's my ritage, at is my dauter's herige. younow, that's our family lacy. alber pnaquin:aah! [lghter] get allhe peoplwho wille namedhurry upfarmer b.

a chd was rn, evrybody wt and vit androught aift. nowt's t happeni. tnk you f today's sunse. den, u want indian me? yes. your na is litt fox. the dplacemenreally, ally made change iour culte. now weind of le-- ha ha !--le there e no iians, ? dre: the ly way tse coastal counities ll rvive into the ter 21st cenry is torotect oselves rom thgulf omexico. realizin 300 yrs, thisill probay be allpen wate i mn, the s will ta us all ov. what 'm ting to dwith e leveeystem,hat i'm tring to do, is y oursels tw or 3 gerations.

it's just about impossible t include em inta levee stem. it uld costrobably $300 milln, and iwould be nearlympossiblbecause e salt nditionsre so ba you knowto build fod-proteion prect, you have toave moreenefitsthan cost. o thing tt's t facted in thcost, th only look at the ct of theomes, the co of the sinessesthe frastrucre, but,ou know, do't ow how youut a pce ont, buthey do n conside the co of a ole culte. [film advancelicks] [tom-m playin

mardelleas displement epsappeningnd we just fuher sepate our commity,t' just gelost. [men anting] man: turto the left. mardell we leard about natnal disaer resilnce plan coetition,o we submied our pns. we wked to f with e state's mast planand theyresentedt, and igot fund. sanrs: righnow, theay elocatio typical hpen in t united ates, weely on individl buy-oumodel,

and so,n otr wordssomeone receivesome compsation togo live mewhere se, bu in dog so, wdo losthat cutural fabric, soe don't real kw if we n move people clectivelas a gro chper and re efficntly than iividuals comaelle: the's ry litt positivin theorm of reselementf people. u know, gernmentsust don't do well.e presend a diffent mode communy-design, mmunitdriveni thinkhat wa, hud loed on th and said,let's try i. let's try a pilot pgram, seife can fiure out w to do is on a smallescale soe can chge it for--we have many communies in the u. and abroathat's facinghese sam clima issue and i thinkh's whso many ople arwatchingbecause it' like, ". can weeally get thiright?" cause wenow w importt it is r the

fure ofhe wld to t it right brnet: tre'a reali there that don't ke, butt' somhing that i ve to fa up to cause, u see, had to there d make aecision ave a ple that's alws been home for 7 or 8 nerationnd thatasn'easyo let gof, andin fact,n spitof answing thatuestion few times, istildoesn't make i sy. [filadvancclicks] comardel: sohis is t new prefeed site r the isnd. ts is whe our comty is gonna moveo. it's a autiful ace. to , this i w life, w birth, sustnable ple. thiis a healthspace.

saders: no we do uerstand thathis is historicly ibal counity, a we also derstandhat poputions havleft thi particur loation ov a perioof time, d thoseolks whore succesul in th projectill ve an oortunityo constite in theew locaon, but r primarset benefiaries arthe peop ling on thisland. want to pk up theeople th are livg in thidire enario and eure thathey live mewherehat is se now an into e futu. comardee: i hopthat the tribe wld own t land, a actual, we st of lika mid ownersp. you kw, the folks wld have ll rightto theiland, buat the se tie, if th were too and want to ve off oit, it wld revertack to t tribe sthat w, that land ll be fover saed for t tribe thave. sanders: we' got to lk a pret fine li by ich we'e developi somethi that mas nse forhis commity but also cou be applable to

much der arraof commuties t may ben a simir situatio we simp don't have good aner to that queion ye. omardee: i finthis vy empowering.t's lowing uto breadown somof those cultul barrirs, som of those griebarriershat's en in ple from yrs past. you di'tven reale it. if evy other rricane ason, ou' havingo replaccars or furnure, youon't have chanctoave savis, and y d't ave a chce to alw yo kids toe a bett next step life. srting ouin is piecef proper, th canave a ho and a w to progrs into t future.f i was tportray on an endgered specs list, is is ourebirth ere we c starour new pulationo get ofthat endgered spies ist.

announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation. ÷é÷é÷éléd"

man: there are songs about this spring right here. there are songs about the springs over here. there's a deep connection, a relationship that the indigenous people have with this environment, and everything is connected. second man: it's really helpful to think of the desert as an archipelago of tiny, little wet places that are separated. sort of the ocean inside out. third man: we are part of this land. it's a part of us. we have to learn how to understand it and how to work with it. it's here for us. it's here for everybody. so if we mismanage it, we don't take care of it, we abuse it, we're contaminating it for the next person that's coming down the road. second man: we've done a really bad job of maintaining this