Coastal Protection and
Restoration Authority

This new restoration plan has its roots in efforts to restore natural resources damaged from the BP spill and are more specifically aimed at enhancing and preserving the chain’s use by a myriad of wildlife, including more than 170 species…

A record $1.71 billion annual spending plan for coastal restoration and hurricane protection was unanimously approved for fiscal year 2025 this week by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board of directors.

A "living shoreline" in Jefferson Parish, a lock complex for the Houma Navigation Canal and work on an unprecedented Mississippi River diversion are among a long list of coastal restoration and hurricane risk reduction projects state officials hope to prioritize…

Louisiana has been allowed by the Army Corps of Engineers to count $110 million spent on two major coastal restoration projects in recent years as credits towards the state’s $1.12 billion share of the cost of the $14.6 billion post-Katrina…