Working in coastal and environmental services makes one thing very clear very quickly… coastlines are not static. They move, adapt, retreat, and rebuild in ways that are often invisible until the effects become impossible to ignore. By the time erosion, flooding, or habitat loss is obvious to the naked eye, the underlying processes have usually...

Working in coastal and waterway environments makes one thing very clear very quickly: assumptions don’t last long. Conditions shift. Water moves. Sediment settles where it wasn’t yesterday. What looked stable last season may behave very differently today. In this field, reliable data isn’t a convenience. It’s the foundation for every responsible decision that follows. Coastal...

Water is never still, even when it appears calm on the surface. Beneath that surface, complex layers of movement shape shorelines, influence ecosystems, and determine how infrastructure performs over time. After decades of working in coastal and riverine environments across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, one lesson remains constant: meaningful decisions begin with accurate flow...