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Work progresses off Terrebonne on state’s biggest barrier island restoration project
April 5, 2021
houmatoday.com, Kezia Setyawan – About 20 miles southeast of Cocodrie, bulldozers are working on the state's largest-ever project to restore barrier islands that protect inland communities from Gulf of Mexico storms.
Coastal chief: Louisiana needs big diversion projects to restore wetlands
March 9, 2021
theadvocate.com, Chip Kline – Most Louisianans can recite our state’s land loss statistics as quickly as they can recall their home addresses — “a football field of land lost every 100 minutes.”
Big Step Forward for $50 Billion Plan to Save Louisiana Coast
March 5, 2021
nytimes, John Schwartz - The next phase of a $50 billion plan to protect the Louisiana coast from erosion and rising sea levels has cleared an important hurdle, with the Army Corps of Engineers delivering a long-awaited environmental impact statement for…
This major Louisiana coastal project just received a positive report from the Corps of Engineers
March 5, 2021
nola.com, Mark Schleifstein – One of the most expensive, ambitious and controversial projects in Louisiana’s 50-year, $50 billion bid to save the southern third of the state from disappearing like a modern-day Atlantis passed a major milestone Thursday night when the…
State, Nicholls to build coastal center aimed at studying land loss in southeast Louisiana
February 9, 2021
nola.com, Halle Parker – Plans to build a coastal center at the Louisiana university closest to the state's disappearing shoreline will move forward by the end of this year.
Work starts on $32M project to turn open water back to marsh
February 5, 2021
katc.com, Associated Press – CAMERON, La. (AP) — Construction has begun on a $32 million project to bring back hundreds of acres of marsh to a part of southwest Louisiana where storms, sinking and other factors have turned thousands of…
Work begins to restore Louisiana island that is home to thousands of brown pelicans
January 13, 2021
foz8live.com, John Snell - CAMERON, La. - NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Restoration work has begun on Rabbit Island in Cameron Parish, the only brown pelican colony in Southwest Louisiana. The $16.4 million project is funded with settlement money from from…
Louisiana could join other Gulf states in creating site for estuary research
December 14, 2020
nola.com, Mark Schleifstein - Louisiana has kicked off an effort to identify part of its coastline that can be added to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coastwide National Estuary Research Reserve program.
New piers and parking make fishing safer along Island Road in Terrebonne Parish
December 2, 2020
dailycomet.com, Keith Magill - A dangerous spot along Island Road in southeastern Terrebonne Parish frequented by roadside anglers now has new public piers and an upgraded boat launch.
La. approved for $200M+ in Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement funds for coastal restoration projects
November 24, 2020
wafb.com, Rachael Thomas - BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana has been approved for $234.6 million in funding as part of the settlement from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill for coastal restoration projects in Plaquemines and Terrebonne parishes.