‘Founding father’ of Louisiana coastal program dies at 84

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A geologist, geographer and archaeologist who devoted his life to studying Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline and helping the state develop a restoration plan, has died. News outlets report that Dr. Sherwood M. “Woody” Gagliano died Friday at the age of 84. In 1970, the scientist completed research that showed Louisiana had lost a considerable portion of its wetlands and was continuing to lose them. The Times-Picayune/News Orleans Advocate reports th