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June 6, 2019
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been named a national winner for Best Restored Beaches from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). CPRA’s Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project restored more than 13 miles of beach…
June 5, 2019
Work to restore two barrier islands and one barrier headland in the Terrebonne Basin is expected to begin in 2020.
June 3, 2019
Help is on the way to restore more of Louisiana’s coast.
May 28, 2019
A temporary barge floodgate is set to be installed on Bayou Chene ahead of the anticipated opening of the Morganza Spillway in June.
May 23, 2019
CPRA’s Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project restored more than 13 miles of beach and dune stretching from the mouth of Bayou Lafourche below Port Fourchon in Lafourche Parish eastward to the end of Elmer’s Island in Jefferson Parish.
May 13, 2019
Long-awaited tidal levee construction in lower Jefferson Parish is moving forward. Officials broke ground on phase two of the Fisher School Basin Flood Risk Reduction Project. The $11.2 million tidal levee will tie into existing back levees to act as…
May 13, 2019
According to an official announcement from the Governor’s office, the project is 1 of 10 high priority planned flood risk reduction projects planned for the Jean Lafitte area of Jefferson Parish.
May 10, 2019
WASHINGTON — There may be no better example of flaws in the Corps of Engineers "piecemeal" approach to funding flood and other severe weather prevention projects than the hurricane protection system around the city of New Orleans, Louisiana's coastal chief told…
April 25, 2019
Louisiana will get $94.7 million in fiscal year 2018 Gulf of Mexico offshore oil revenue, almost $13 million more than the previous year, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday (April 25).
April 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — Louisiana will get nearly $95 million for coastal protection and restoration efforts in the latest round of payments from the federal government’s Gulf energy royalties.