Academics, environmentalists and a government official led reporters back to newly created land in St. Mary Parish on Friday, hoping they’ll see lessons about how some of Louisiana’s coast might be saved. The tour of the Wax Lake Delta southwest of Centerville, accompanied by handouts titled “Restore the Mississippi River Delta,” was a reminder that Louisiana’s ravaged coastal land has found a way to restore itself here. That’s true almost nowhere else on the coast. The tour was also a sign that people are watching what happens at Wax Lake — even from space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses satellites to ...