Read the open letter to Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, published in today's editions of Roll Call, Politico, Times-Picayune, and The Baton Rouge Advocate, from the America's WETLAND Foundation (AWF), which was joined by The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited, National Audubon Society, and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. They applaud his recent visit to the Gulf region to listen to those closest to the Deepwater Horizon disaster and who have been a part of restoration planning for many years. The ad points out that plans to divert fresh water and sediment from the Mississippi River back into the marshes have already been authorized by Congress but lack the necessary federal funding and requests Secretary Mabus to call for immediate funding and implementation of those plans. You can read the Times-Picayune article here.