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>>> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M CHARLIE WHINHAM.

WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF

"LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN."

HERES WHAT ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

A NEW BP OIL SPILL STUDY IS OUT

THERE'S A NEW CYBERTECH COMPANY

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, AND CHEF

JOHN FOLSE WILL OFFER UP AN

AMAZING WILD TURKEY RECIPE.

>>> BUT FIRST, THE LOUISIANA

HEADLINES.

THERE WILL BE NO SENATE DEBATE

BETWEEN RUNOFF CANDIDATES JOHN

KENNEDY AND FOSTER CAMPBELL.

KENNEDY AND CAMPBELL TOOK THE

TOP TWO SPOTS IN A RACE THAT

INCLUDED A TOTAL OF TWO DOZEN

CANDIDATES VYING FOR RETIRING

DAVID VITTER'S SEAT.

THE RUNOFF ELECTION IS DECEMBER

10th AND IT WILL DECIDE THE

LAST U.S. SENATE RACE IN THE

COUNTRY.

IN A NEWS RELEASE, THE DEMOCRAT

FOSTER ACCUSED KENNEDY OF

DUCKING AND DODGING DEBATES LEFT

AND RIGHT.

KENNEDY, A REPUBLICAN, FIRED

BACK, ACCUSING CAMPBELL OF

REFUSING TO THE TERMS OF THE

LATEST DEBATE THAT WAS CANCELED

AS WELL AS ANOTHER DEBATE.

>>> THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE HAS

SETTLED A LAWSUIT WITH

INDIVIDUALS PROTESTING THE

SHOOTING DEATH OF ALTON STERLING

IN JULY.

THE METRO COUNCIL APPROVED THE

SETTLEMENT OF CLOSE TO $100,000.

THE MONEY WILL BE SPREAD TO OVER

90 PLAINTIFFS, INCLUDING BLACK

LIVES MATTERS ACTIVIST DERAY

MCKESSON, WHO SUED THE CITY

AFTER THEIR ARRESTS.

THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES POLICE WERE

MILITARIZED AND AGGRESSIVE IN

THEIR RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTERS

AND INFRINGED UPON THEIR FIRST

AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF

SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY.

THE 92 PLAINTIFFS WILL RECEIVE

$230 APIECE.

>>> THIS YEAR'S BAYOU CLASSIC IN

NEW ORLEANS BETWEEN GRAMBLING

AND SOUTHERN IS EXPECTED TO BE

ONE OF THE LARGEST ATTENDED

CLASSICS IN YEARS.

BOTH TEAMS SPORT IDENTICAL 8-0

RECORDS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN

ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, AND THE

SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO HBCU

POWERS SITS AT 21-21.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, OFFICIALS

SAID OVER 40,000 TICKETS HAD

ALREADY BEEN SOLD AND THEY

EXPECT TO HAVE ONE OF THE

LARGEST ATTENDED FOOTBALL GAMES

IN YEARS.

THE WINNER WILL GO ON TO FACE

ALCORN STATE IN THE DECEMBER

3rd SWAC TITLE GAME IN

HOUSTON.

>>> THERE'S A NEW STUDY OUT BY

THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND

NASA THAT SHOWS THE DEEPWATER

HORIZON OIL SPILL IN 2010 NOT

ONLY CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO

LOUISIANA'S ALREADY SHRINKING

WETLANDS, BUT ALSO SPEEDED UP

COASTAL EROSION SINCE THEN.

RESEARCHERS MEASURED SHORELINE

LOSSES IN BARATARIA BAY BY

COMPARING SATELLITE IMAGES TAKEN

BEFORE AND AFTER THE SPILL.

THEY CONCLUDED WETLANDS LOSSES

CAUSED BY THE SPILL CONTINUED

FOR YEARS AND SPREAD TO AREAS

WHERE LITTLE OIL HAD WASHED

ASHORE.

THIS WEEK, I SPOKE WITH A MAN

WHO KNOWS THIS AREA WELL, DAVID

MUTH, DIRECTOR OF THE GULF

RESTORATION PROGRAM WITH THE

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FOUNDATION.

>> DAVID MUTH, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR YOUR TIME ON LOUISIANA

PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR

THOUGHTS ON THE MOST RECENT NASA

AND USGS STUDY WHERE IT'S SAYING

THE BP OIL SPILL HAS ACCELERATED

THE WETLANDS LOSS ACROSS THE

LOUISIANA COAST.

>> WELL, I THINK THAT WHAT HAS

TO BE SAID ABOUT IT IS THAT IT'S

HARDLY SURPRISING.

ONE OF THE -- IT'S PRETTY

OBVIOUS THAT IF YOU POUR OIL ON

A MARSH, YOU'RE GOING TO KILL

THE MARSH AND IF YOU KILL THE

MARSH, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE

SUSCEPTIBLE TO EROSION BECAUSE

THE ROOTS AREN'T GOING TO HOLD

THE SOIL TOGETHER.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT IS

ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN SCIENCE IS

TO GET THESE THINGS PINNED DOWN

AND QUANTIFIED SO THAT WE CAN DO

ASSESSMENTS IN THE FUTURE WHEN

INEVITABLY MORE OIL SPILLS

HAPPEN.

THIS STUDY HAD A FEW EYE OPENERS

IN IT.

YOU KNOW, IT FOUND THE OBVIOUS

THAT THOSE AREAS OF SHORELINE

THAT HAD THE HEAVIEST OILING

WHERE THE GRASS WAS KILLED

OUTRIGHT ERODED AT UP TO FOUR

TIMES THE RATE OF OTHER AREAS OF

SHORELINE, BUT THEY ALSO FOUND

THAT THERE WAS DIFFERENTIAL

EROSION.

WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THAT, IN

COASTAL LOUISIANA WE ALREADY

HAVE AN EROSION PROBLEM.

IT'S HARDLY NEW TO SEE AREAS OF

MARSH ON THE BAY RIMS ERODE AWAY

AND SO ONE WAY YOU MIGHT EXPECT

THAT THE OIL SPILL MIGHT AFFECT

THOSE AREAS IS TO SPEED UP THAT

RATE, THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUS.

BUT, IN FACT, WHAT THEY SAW BY

COMPARING AREAS FROM BEFORE THE

SPILL TO A YEAR AFTER, TWO YEARS

AFTER, AND ALSO AREAS THAT WERE

HIT BY HURRICANE ISAAC, THAT

AREAS THAT WERE NOT BEING

AFFECTED BY NATURAL EROSION

EITHER BEFORE THE SPILL OR AFTER

THE CONSEQUENCE OF ISAAC WERE

SHOWING HIGHER RATE.

AND THEY WERE ALSO SHOWING

HIGHER RATES OF BREAKUP ON THE

INTERIOR MARSH.

AGAIN, NOT PRICING, BUT VERY

IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE

DOCUMENTATION.

>> IT'S BEEN SIX AND A HALF

YEARS SINCE THE BP OIL SPILL AND

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE

YOU'RE OUT THERE ON A REGULAR

BASIS, WHERE ARE SOME OF THE

HARDEST HIT AREAS?

>> WELL, CLEARLY THOSE AREAS ON

THE EAST SIDE OF BARATARIA BAY

FROM THE PASS UP INTO THE BAY

JIMMY AREA WHICH WE KNEW ALL

ALONG HAD TAKEN THE HEAVIEST

OILING ALSO SHOWED THE

LONGEST-TERM EFFECTS, IN SOME

CASES WHOLE ISLANDS HAD

DISAPPEARED.

THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, YARDS

AND YARDS AND YARDS OF SHORELINE

RETREATING, THERE HAVE BEEN

PROMONTORIES BEFORE THE SPILL

THAT ARE GONE.

THAT'S THE AREA WHERE YOU SEE IT

MOST DRAMATICALLY I THINK AND

CONTINUE TO DO SO TO THIS DAY,

ALTHOUGH YOU DON'T SEE ANY OIL

AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE REALLY JUST -- AGAIN, IF

THERE WEREN'T MARKERS OUT THERE

SHOWING YOU WHERE THE OLD

SHORELINE HAD BEEN YOU WOULDN'T

REALIZE HOW MUCH IT HAD

RETREATED.

>> SO WHAT IS THE NEXT STRATEGY

ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH ON THE

GULF AND GETTING A HOLD ON

COASTAL EROSION?

>> WELL, THE NEXT STRATEGY IS TO

IMPLEMENT TWO THINGS REALLY.

ONE IS TO USE THOSE SOURCES OF

FUNDING THAT CAME OUT OF THE

SPILL THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR

IMPLEMENTING THE STATE'S COASTAL

MASTER PLAN, THE 2012 MASTER

PLAN WHICH INCIDENTALLY IS GOING

TO BE UPDATED IN EARLY 2017.

AND THE SECOND OVERARCHING PLAN

IS WHAT'S CALLED A NATURAL

RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

THAT'S REALLY IN ITS PRELIMINARY

PHASES, BUT THAT'S WHERE AS MUCH

AS $5 BILLION WILL BE AVAILABLE

FOR SPECIFIC KINDS OF

RESTORATION.

BECAUSE THE SYSTEM WAS ALREADY

GOING DOWNHILL, BREAKING UP,

SINKING, ERODING AWAY BEFORE THE

SPILL, TRADITIONAL REMEDIES TO

GO IN AND PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT

WAS WHICH YOU MIGHT DO IN A

STABLE SYSTEM ARE NOT

APPROPRIATE HERE.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS REVERSE

THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT BEGAN

CAUSING LAND LOSS IN THE FIRST

PLACE AND THAT'S -- AND THE WAY

TO DO THAT IS BY DIVERTING

SEDIMENT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI

RIVER INTO THESE DETERIORATING

WETLANDS.

SO I THINK THE STATE RECOGNIZES

AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAVE

RECOGNIZED THAT ONE REALLY

IMPORTANT TOOL HERE IS TO

LITERALLY BUILD NEW MARSH, BUT

NOT JUST BUILD NEW MARSH, BUT

BUILD A SYSTEM BACK THAT

SUSTAINS MARSH, AND THAT'S BY

USING RIVER DIVERSION.

>> HOW DOABLE IS THAT?

ARE YOU CONFIDENT?

>> IT'S VERY DOABLE.

THE STATE AND SOME FEDERAL

AGENCIES HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST

DECADE REALLY REFINING THE

SCIENCE AND THE MODELING AND THE

ENGINEERING ON HOW TO DO THIS IN

A CONTROLLED WAY.

BUT WE KNOW MERELY BY THE FACT

THAT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA EXISTS

THAT IT CAN BE DONE.

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS BEEN

DOING IT IN THE PRESENT DELTA

FOR 7,000 YEARS AND IN PRIOR

DELTAS FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS.

WHEN THE SEDIMENT GETS TO

SHALLOW WATER AND SLOWS DOWN, IN

OTHER WORDS, WHEN THE CURRENT

STOPS MOVING, THE SEDIMENT DROPS

OUT AND YOU BUILD LAND, IT'S

THAT SIMPLE.

OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS TO DO THAT

WHERE YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES IN

PLACE, WHERE YOU HAVE LEVEE

SYSTEMS AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS

IN PLACE AND WHERE YOU HAVE

PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD BEING

AFFECTED.

SO THE TRICK IS HOW TO BUILD

CONTROLLED DIVERSIONS AND THE

STRIDES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON

PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THOSE

HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS.

THE STATE HAS NOW SOUGHT AN

APPLICATION TO BUILD THE

DIVERSION INTO THE UPPER

PORTIONS OF THIS AREA THAT

RECEIVED THE WORST OILING AND TO

USE MONEY FROM THE BP STILL TO

DO IT.

>> WELL, DAVID MUTH, WITH THE

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME

ON LPB.

>> IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE, THANK

YOU.

>>> FOLKS ARE CELEBRATING A NEW

BUSINESS EXPANSION.

THE EXPANSION BY CSRA, INC.

PROMISES TO ADD HUNDREDS OF NEW

HIGH-TECH JOBS TO THE REGION AND

TIE SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES AND

COLLEGES INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN

FOR SUCCESS.

OUR THANKS TO OUR PARTNER, CHUCK

SMITH, WITH RED RIVER RADIO WHO

RECORDED THE BIG DAY FOR LPB.

>> YOU'VE HEARD OF SILICON

VALLEY, BUT THIS MONTH,

OFFICIALS HOPE THIS AREA OF

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA IS THE

CORNERSTONE OF THE SILICON

BAYOU.

>> WELCOME TO CSRA'S NEW

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

WE'RE SO PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY!

>> HUNDREDS GATHERED TO OPEN THE

INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY CENTER BY

CYBER TECH COMPANY CSRA.

THE COMPANY BROKE GROUND A

LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND IS

NOW AN ANCHOR TENANT AT THE

NATIONAL CYBER RESEARCH PARK.

THE 96,000-SQUARE-FOOT

STATE-OF-THE-ART BUILDING

FEATURES INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY,

COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES AND A

LARGE TOWN HALL AREA FIT TO

ACCOMMODATE A GRAND OPENING

CEREMONY.

>> WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE.

IT MARRIES EVERYTHING THAT IS SO

IMPORTANT FOR A BUSINESS.

IT STARTS WITH JUST FUNDAMENTALS

WHERE THERE'S GREAT POWER COMING

INTO THIS BUILDING.

THERE'S WONDERFUL BAND WIDTH

COMING INTO THIS BUILDING.

WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ARE THE

SCHOOLS GIVING US TREMENDOUS

TALENT.

WE NEED BRIGHT INTELLECTS TO

LOVE TO DEVELOP CODE, THAT LOVE

TO WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY, AND

WHEN YOU COUPLE THOSE TWO AND

YOU BUILD THEM A FUN PLACE TO

WORK, WE CAN DO MAGNIFICENT

THINGS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WHO

DEFEND OUR NATION AND DO SO MUCH

GOOD FOR CITIZENS EACH AND EVERY

DAY.

>> CSRA'S CLIENTS INCLUDE THE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, HOMELAND

SECURITY, AS WELL AS CIVILIAN

MARKETS.

THE NEW FACILITY WILL SERVE AS A

COMPETITIVE DELIVERY CENTER THAT

WILL ALLOW THEM TO DELIVER FULL

RANGE OF NEXT GENERATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

>> THIS IS GREAT FOR THE STATE,

IT'S GREAT FOR THE NATION

BECAUSE THIS TECHNOLOGY CENTER

IS GOING TO HELP THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT BOTH THE CIVILIAN

COMPONENTS AND THE MILITARY

COMPONENTS DEAL WITH ALL THE

CYBER THREATS, ALL THE

TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY NEED, AND

IT'S ALSO CREATING A PIPELINE

LITERALLY FROM ELEMENTARY

SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY SO

THAT THOSE KIDS GET EXPOSED TO

STEM, THAT THEY STUDY THAT, THAT

THEY WILL HAVE AN INTEREST IN

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND THAT WE

CAN KEEP THIS GOING FOR A LONG

TIME AND POPULATE THIS PARK WITH

MORE TECHNOLOGY CENTERS AND MORE

STARTUPS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY

DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY IN

LOUISIANA, ADD A LOT OF JOB

CREATION AND INVESTMENTS.

>> THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IS

FUNDING A 10-YEAR, $14 MILLION

HIGHER EDUCATION INITIATIVE

BEING LED BY LOUISIANA TECH

UNIVERSITY AND SUPPORTED BY

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

IT WILL HELP TRAIN MORE PEOPLE

INTO THE CYBER TECH WORKFORCE.

>> EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY VERY,

VERY CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS AND

THEY'RE ONE OF THE PARTNERS IN

OUR COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR

AGREEMENTS AND THE WAY THAT

WE'RE INTERACTING WITH THEM TO

DEVELOP THEIR TECHNOLOGY

CURRICULUMS AND THEIR CYBER

CURRICULUMS TO TRAIN THOSE

STUDENTS AS THEY COME OUT OF

SCHOOL SO THEY WOULD BE READY TO

HIRE AS SOON AS WE GET THEM OUT.

>> THIS PARTNERSHIP STARTED OUT

WITH WORKING WITH TECH TO MEET

THE 800 JOBS THAT CSRA IS

BRINGING.

BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO

IS LEVERAGE THAT PARTNERSHIP

WITH C SRA TO DO SEVERAL OTHER

PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL

RIGHT NOW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR FOR AN AMERICA'S PROMISE

GRANT THAT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL

RESOURCES AND ALLOW US TO DEEPEN

OUR PARTNERSHIP AND STRENGTHEN

THE I.T. CORRIDOR ALONG I-20,

BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO OTHER

PROJECTS WITH CSRA LOOKING AT

SOME SPECIFIC TRAINING TO HELP

MEET THE NEEDS THAT CSRA CLIENTS

HAVE SO THIS IS THE GIFT THAT

KEEPS ON GIVING AND WE COULDN'T

BE MORE EXCITED.

>> WE CREATED A BEACHHEAD.

I WAS A MARINE FOR 11 YEARS, I

LOVED BEACHHEADS WHERE YOU LAND

AND YOU EXPAND AND WE FOUND SO

MANY PARTNERS AND TEAMMATES,

REALLY ALLIES IN HELPING US TO

MAKE OUR COMPANY AND OUR

EMPLOYEES A SUCCESS.

>> FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

STANDPOINT, THIS IS A GREAT

REGION OF OUR STATE.

AND PART OF THAT IS YOUR

STRENGTH OF YOUR ECONOMY, IT'S

DIVERSE OKAY.

TOURISM INDUSTRY'S HERE.

YOU'RE A HEALTHCARE CENTER,

REGIONAL HEALTHCARE CENTER, THE

AIR FORCE BASE, VERY VIBRANT AND

ROBUST FORT, MANUFACTURING

ACTIVITIES ARE STILL VERY STRONG

IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.

BUT TODAY AT THIS FACILITY, WE

ESTABLISHED THAT BEACHHEAD

MR. PRIOR SPOKE ABOUT, A NEW

BEACHHEAD THAT MAKES A NEW

ADDITION TO THIS RESILIENT

ECONOMY AROUND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY.

AND JOBS OF THE FUTURE AND

WELL-PAYING JOBS.

SO THEY'RE A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO

THE STATE AND CERTAINLY TO THE

STRENGTH OF THIS REGIONAL

ECONOMY GOING FORWARD.

>> WELL, IT MEANS THAT OUR

BUSINESS PLAN THAT WE DEVELOPED

SEVEN YEARS AGO IS COMING TO

FRUITION.

WHEN WE STARTED THE CYBER

INNOVATION CENTER NEXT DOOR OUR

INTENT WAS TO HOPEFULLY ATTRACT

COMPANIES THAT CAN BE ALREADY

HERE AND IN THAT PROCESS WE'RE

CREATING A NATIONAL CYBER

RESEARCH PARK SO THIS IS AN

EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE

AND WE'RE CREATING A NEW

INDUSTRY HERE SO WE'RE EXTREMELY

PLEASED THAT CSRA IS OUR ANCHOR

TENANT FOR OUR CYBER RESEARCH

PARK THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING.

>> I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS

GROWTH OPPORTUNITY.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THIS

COMMUNITY DIDN'T EXIST TO THIS

MAGNITUDE TWO OR THREE YEARS

AGO.

IT'S A BRAND-NEW INDUSTRY IN

THIS AREA WHERE STUDENTS WHO

WANT TO BE IN CYBER ENGINEERING

OR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, THEY

CAN STAY HERE, THEY CAN STAY AT

HOME, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO

AUSTIN OR DALLAS OR SAN

FRANCISCO TO FIND VERY

CAREER-DRIVEN JOBS.

>> IT BEGINS WITH A SENSE OF

COMMUNITY AND YOU'VE FELT IT IF

YOU WERE IN THE ROOM TODAY WHERE

ALL SORTS OF FOLKS FROM ACROSS

EDUCATION AND THE CITY PARISH

AND THE CITY AND THE STATE,

THEY'RE ALL THRILLED TO BRING

TECHNOLOGY AND JOBS TO THE

COMMUNITY.

FOR US, WE'RE THRILLED THAT

WE'RE GOING TO FIND KIDS WHO GET

EXCITED ABOUT DOING CODE, DOING

SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS ALL THE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND I

WOULD HOPE WE'RE A SYMBOL AND A

SIGN OF THE POSSIBILITY AND THE

FUTURE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN

THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEN YOU SEE OUR BUILDING LIT UP

AT NIGHT IT SHOULD SAY ONE THING

TO YOU: WE NEED TO HIRE MORE

PEOPLE TO GROW OUR COMPANY AND

SERVE THE MISSION OF GOVERNMENT

WELL.

IF YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT

TECHNOLOGY, GIVE US A LOOK.

CS ARE A.COM AND TAKE A LOOK AT

THE JOBS.

>> ONCE AGAIN FOR MORE

INFORMATION ABOUT CSRA AND JOB

OPENINGS, GO ONLINE AT CSRA.COM.

THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO RAMP UP

TO FULL EMPLOYMENT OF 800

WORKERS ON SITE BY MIDYEAR OF

2018.

>>> EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE DAY

AFTER THANKSGIVING, WE THOUGHT

THIS WAS THE PERFECT TIME TO

TALK WILD TURKEY IN LOUISIANA.

A FEW YEARS AGO IN HIS "AFTER

THE HUNT" COOKING SERIES CHEF

JOHN FOLSE SERVED UP ONE OF THE

BEST TURKEY RECIPES YOU'RE GOING

TO FIND HIS HUNTING SKILLS FOR

BAGGING A WILD TURKEY, NOT SO

MUCH.

>> HERE IN MY KITCHEN AGAIN

RIGHT OUTSIDE OF NATCHITOCHES,

JUST A BEAUTIFUL HUNTING ESTATE,

I'M STANDING HERE WITH THE

GENERAL MANAGER, JIMMY RILEY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME IN

YOUR KITCHEN.

AND OUR EXECUTIVE CHEF FROM OUR

COMPANY IS HERE HELPING WITH

THIS AND WE'RE DOING WILD

TURKEY.

IN FACT, THIS IS THE HOME OF

SOME OF THE GREATEST WILD TURKEY

IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHY IS IT THAT THERE'S SO MANY

WILD TURKEYS HERE?

>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY

WEREN'T ALWAYS HERE.

I THINK SOMEWHERE IN THE

1970s, LOUISIANA INTRODUCED

THE WILD TURKEY TO AN ADJOINING

PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEY

SPREAD OVER THE DECADES AND THEY

GOT HERE, BUT THEY LOVE IT.

THEY'RE NOT LEAVING.

>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE

DOING.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT, ONION,

CELERY, BELL PEPPER, I'M MAKING

A STUFFING.

THIS IS A CRAWFISH STUFFING AND

I'M GOING TO LET JAKE WORK WITH

THIS A LITTLE BIT AND PLAY

AROUND.

I CANNOT GET OVER THE SIZE OF

THAT BIRD.

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE DID WITH

IT.

WE DO HAVE TO TREAT A WILD

TURKEY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WE'RE BRINING IT AND THE BRINE

CONTAINS SALT, BAY LEAVES, BROWN

SUGAR, SAGE, GARLIC, THYME,

BASIL, AND TWO GALLONS OF WATER

AND IT'S BEEN SITTING IN THAT

FOR 24 HOURS SO WHY DON'T YOU

PULL THAT BIG BAD BOY -- I WANT

TO SHOW EVERYBODY THIS SIZE.

THIS IS A WILD TURKEY Y'ALL!

YOU CAN'T BUY THAT IN THAT

SUPERMARKET, DO YOU HEAR ME?

YOU CAN PUT IT RIGHT DOWN IN

HERE.

LOOK AT THE BREAST ON THAT

THING.

THE BRINE IS GOING TO ADD ABOUT

15 TO 20% ADDITIONAL SEASON

LIQUID TO THE BIRD MAKING IT

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE JUICY AND

TENDER ON THE INSIDE.

AND ON THAT BREAST RIGHT THERE

AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO TREAT

THE COOKING JUST A LITTLE BIT

DIFFERENT.

I'M PUTTING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF

SALT, PEPPER, GRANULATED GARLIC

AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS GOING TO

BE STUFFED WITH THIS NICE

STUFFING SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE

CRAWFISH AND ALL OF THAT READY

TO GO RIGHT?

OKAY Y'ALL.

SO JIMMY LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL

BIRD I'VE TAKEN THE CRAWFISH AND

I'M ADDING CORNBREAD TO IT,

MAKING A CORNBREAD CRAWFISH

STUFFING.

I'M GOING TO ADD TURKEY STOCK TO

IT AND LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL, I'VE

STUFFED THIS BIRD ALL THE WAY

WITH THE STUFFING.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL

WHEN IT'S ALL DONE, THE CRAWFISH

STUFFING.

THIS TURKEY IS 20 POUNDS, JAY

ARE YOU READY TO GO INTO THE

OVEN WITH IT?

350 DEGREES, AFTER AN HOUR I'M

GOING TO COVER IT WITH

CHEESECLOTH THE WAY PEOPLE DID

IN THE 1800s AND I'M GOING TO

BASTE WITH BUTTER AND THE

CHEESECLOTH WILL HOLD IT IN AND

AFTER THREE HOURS WE'LL BE OUT

OF THE WOODS, WE'RE EATING

TURKEY HERE.

ALL RIGHT, JAY GET THAT TURKEY

OUT OF THE OVEN RIGHT THERE AND

PUT IT HERE.

Y'ALL, IT'S BEEN FOUR HOURS, THE

BREAST TEMPERATURE OF THIS BIRD

IS 186 AND THE INTERNAL STUFFING

TEMPERATURE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND

160 OR 70.

WE HAVE A TURKEY HERE, HUH?

>> IT'S A BIG ONE.

>> WE PUT THE CHEESECLOTH ON TOP

OF THE WILD BIRD.

LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS AS WE

PULL THAT CHEESECLOTH OFF.

AND WHY DON'T YOU TAKE IT OFF

AND WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT RIGHT

ON THE CUTTING BOARD HERE?

THE CHEESECLOTH ALLOWS THE

BASING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING

ON ALL DURING THE COOKING

PROCESS TO STICK ONTO THE BIRD

AND RETAIN THAT MOISTURE AND

REMEMBER THIS IS A WILD BIRD.

20 POUNDS OF HIM.

OKAY THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU

TO DO IS GET SOME OF CRAWFISH,

DIG DOWN IN THERE AND GET A BIG

SPOON.

LOOK AT THAT RIGHT THERE.

AND, OF COURSE, Y'ALL WE CAN

JUST GO ON TO THAT WHOLE -- LOOK

AT THAT BREAST RIGHT THERE.

CAN YOU SEE THAT?

I'VE GOT TO SPIN THAT TURKEY

AROUND -- LOOK HOW JUICY.

ANYWAY, Y'ALL THAT'S IT.

RIGHT THERE.

A 20-POUND TURKEY STUFFED WITH

CRAWFISH RIGHT HERE, THE PLACE

WE TURK THE BIRD FROM.

Y'ALL COME AND VISIT.

HERE'S THE CRAWFISH STUFFING

RIGHT THERE.

Y'ALL WANT TO GET SOME OF THAT

RIGHT THERE, TOO.

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>> THAT'S A GOOD SONG.

I LOVE THAT.

[APPLAUSE]

NOW, WHAT ABOUT THAT TURKEY?

WHAT ABOUT THAT TURKEY?

WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS

EARLIER BUT HAD YOU EVER COOKED

ONE WITH THE CHEESECLOTH ON TOP

OF BASTING IT EVERY 30 MINUTES?

KEEP THAT FAT AND THAT FLAVOR ON

THE BIRD?

>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT, BUT IT

WORKED GOOD.

>> VERY JUICY TURKEY.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING

ABOUT MY TURKEY HUNT AND LIKE I

SAID I DIDN'T GET HIM, BUT I

SCARED HIM, DIDN'T I?

>> WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION ON

THE ISLAND.

YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BOWIE KNIFE.

WHEN YOU SEE THIS, THIS IS THE

BEST THEY COME.

THEY'RE NOT BIGGER, THEY'RE NOT

BETTER THAN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS IT.

>> THAT'S NOT A BOWIE KNIFE.

THAT'S A BOWIE KNIFE.

[AUDIENCE REACTS]

[APPLAUSE]

>> MINE'S NOT ONLY BIGGER AND

LONGER, IT'S HEAVIER.

>> THAT'S A TRADITION.

>> WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION,

WHEN I GET A TURKEY UP IN THERE

AND HE'S IN SHOTGUN RANGE INSIDE

40 YARDS, YOU'VE GOT TWO

CHOICES.

YOU CAN EITHER BLOW HIS FACE OFF

OR RUN HIM DOWN AND CATCH HIM.

>> I TRIED TO RUN HIM DOWN AND

CATCH HIM, BUT I MISSED HIM.

>> YOU DIDN'T DO EITHER ONE.

>> I SCARED HIM, THOUGH, I

SCARED HIM GOOD.

I BET HE DIDN'T COME DOWN FOR

TWO DAYS.

>> I THINK HE FLEW ACROSS THE

RIVER, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

WE GOT A LITTLE TRADITION.

I'VE GOT TO GET THIS SHIRT TO

YOU.

>> THIS IS A HIGHLY PRICED

CHEF'S JACKET.

OH, MY GOSH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> NO, NO, NO.

[LAUGHS]

>> SO THAT'S HIM?

>> THE MARK OF A GOOD CHEF, IF

YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COOK

THAT THING.

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NOW, THAT'S AN ACTUAL TRADITION,

RIGHT?

THEY HAVE TO CUT THE SHIRT TAIL

OFF IF YOU MISS THE BIRD.

>> DEER, TOO.

>> IF WE DON'T GET NOTHING WE'LL

GET THE SHIRT TAIL.

[LAUGHS]

>> YOU CAN FIND THAT TASTY WILD

TURKEY RECIPE ONLINE, AS WELL AS

MORE EPISODES OF JOHN FOLSE'S

"AFTER THE HUNT" AT LPB.ORG.

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