Director, Captain
Delta Discovery Tours
Buras, LA
Captain Richie Blink has spent a lifetime on Louisiana's bayous studying its wetlands, people, and economy. Growing up on his family's shrimp boat and witnessing coastal land loss firsthand, he started organizing grassroots restoration projects during his work as an oil field boat captain. In 2015, he founded Delta Discovery Tours, operating from a rebuilt shrimp boat to educate visitors about the delta. A founding member of New Harmony High and former board member of the Woodlands Conservancy, Blink holds a 100 Ton Master's License and won the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana's Stewardship Award in 2019.
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FRI-FS-02: Between Source and Sink: Tracing Carbon Across Coastal Louisiana
Friday, October 10, 2025
7:15 AM – 5:00 PM CT