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Nicholls State to open coastal studies center
April 23, 2019
BATON ROUGE, La. (LOCAL 33) (FOX 44) - A public university near Louisiana's coast will open a facility aimed at studying eroding shores, Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced.
MOU Signed for Nicholls Coastal Center
April 23, 2019
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday joined Dr. Jay Clune, president of Nicholls State University and Chip Kline, head of the Coastal Protection Restoration Authority (CPRA) in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a new coastal studies center…
CPRA Completes Oyster Bayou Marsh Project
April 22, 2019
In February, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced that construction is complete on the Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing project in Cameron Parish. Construction on the project began in December 2016.
CPRA Implementation Update – April 2019
April 22, 2019
Seven major coastal restoration projects in Louisiana totaling more than half a billion dollars have been completed and paid for with settlement money resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
State rebuilt 5.1 square miles of coast with $500M in fines since BP Deepwater Horizon
April 22, 2019
“Even though this is just a start, what we’ve done so far without any Louisiana taxpayers’ dollars is impressive, and there is much more to come,” Grandy told the board.
Coastal Connections Event in Belle Chasse
April 15, 2019
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will hold a Coastal Connections event in Belle Chasse, LA, on April 25, 2019, to showcase land building capability of Mississippi River.
This coastal project is for the birds
March 29, 2019
A $19 million project will begin this fall to restore a tiny island off Lafourche Parish that is home to one of Louisiana’s largest brown pelican nesting grounds.
CPRA Pledges $80 Million for Permanent Floodgate Across Bayou Chene
March 27, 2019
Governor John Bel Edwards announced that the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is pledging $80 million in funds from its share of Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act funds (GOMESA) to build a permanent floodgate across Bayou Chene…
Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
March 25, 2019
The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion.
CPRA Extends Comment Period for Regulations
March 21, 2019
All interested persons may submit comments relative to this proposed Rule, through the extended deadline of April 4, 2019, to Harry Vorhoff, counsel for CPRA, at Post Office Box 44027, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.