Our forebears decided to cut our delta off from the Mississippi River, by containing the entire river within a levee system. After all of that, we collectively devised a plan to capture a significant fraction of the sediment now wasted as it rolls toward the sea: the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. I call upon the Louisiana Legislature to act, and order the governor to proceed with the single most important restoration project in Louisiana history. David Muth was a 30-year employee of the National Park Service at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, and spent more than a decade advocating for delta restoration with the National Wildlife Federation. He is retired, but continues to work with his former colleagues in the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Campaign.