6 tons of litter later, Burden borrow pit becomes lab for environmental research

A boom traps litter in Bayou Fountain. (Photo provided by Jeff Kuehny)
A little more than two years ago, elected officials, community leaders and volunteer groups descended on a borrow pit and wetlands area at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden for a press conference calling attention to the problem of litter. The scene then was much different than it is now. For decades, bottles, cans, ice chests, tires, deflated basketballs, shoes and all sorts of other…

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