A view from the top of the Port Eads Lighthouse along coastal Louisiana on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)

Rickie Blink watches as mud shoots out from behind his boat as he maneuvers it through a shallow area near the Port Eads Lighthouse along coas…

The Port Eads Lighthouse along coastal Louisiana on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)

The Gulf rises around the sinking Pass a Loutre LIghthouse near Head of Passes near the Mississippi River on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. The entry…

A wall of sinking rocks at the end of the Mississippi River not far from the Port Eads Lighthouse along coastal Louisiana on Tuesday, July 30,…

A light brown plume of Mississippi River sediment flows out into the Gulf off the coast of south Louisiana in April 2025. (Photo by Chris Gran…

A water column of sediment flows off the Mississippi River as grass starts to grow and establish itself in building new land east of the Missi…

A water column of sediment flows off the Mississippi River as grass starts to grow and establish itself in building new land east of the Missi…

The sinking Pass a Loutre LIghthouse near Head of Passes on the Mississippi River on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Time…

The end of a rock jetty sinks into the Gulf near the Head of Passes along the Mississippi River on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Photo by Chris Gra…