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Louisiana expects to build more coastline in 2020 than it loses
February 12, 2020
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority expects to build more coastal wetlands, ridges and marsh in 2020 than the state loses.
$2 billion in restoration, levee projects to be put out to bid by Louisiana coastal authority in 2020
January 16, 2020
An unprecedented 28 major coastal restoration and flood protection projects, with a total construction value of $1.97 billion, will be put out to public bid this year by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, according to the authority's executive…
Over $1.6M Awarded to Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority by EPA
January 16, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded over $1,611,426 to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority for a project that would create 392 acres of marsh land in southwest Louisiana. This project will help restore marsh land in…
State coastal spending plan includes projects in Terrebonne, Lafourche
December 19, 2019
The state plans to have at least 13 active coastal restoration or hurricane protection projects in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes through 2021.
$958M coastal authority draft plan released for 2021; here’s what projects that covers
December 19, 2019
A draft plan to spend $958 million in fiscal year 2021 on hurricane flood reduction and coastal restoration projects, with more than half the money coming from settlements related to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, was presented Wednesday…
Officials reach cost-sharing agreement for multibillion dollar levee project
December 6, 2019
Louisiana will be able to count the value of $440 million in state- and parish-funded work toward its share of the cost of the multibillion-dollar Morganza-to-the-Gulf Levee System should federal dollars materialize, state and local officials say.
Louisiana, federal and local officials reach cost-sharing agreement for multibillion dollar levee project
December 6, 2019
Louisiana will be able to count the value of $440 million in state- and parish-funded work toward its share of the cost of the multibillion-dollar Morganza-to-the-Gulf Levee System should federal dollars materialize, state and local officials say.
$12.4M Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation project complete
December 4, 2019
The $12.4 million Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh Creation project is finished, introducing more than 700 acres of marsh along the east shore of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish.
Committee OKs Bill Increasing Revenues for LA Coastal Protection
November 19, 2019
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday passed the Conservation of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life (COASTAL) Act which would increase Louisiana’s share of qualified Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas revenues under the Gulf of…
Island home to brown pelicans now a state wildlife refuge
November 15, 2019
The state approved a resolution to covert an island near Grand Isle to a Louisiana wildlife refuge, increasing the amount of protection available for a vital home to brown pelicans.