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March 23, 2020
March 20, 2020
BATON ROUGE — The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) has announced this year's recipients of its annual Coastal Science Assistantship Program (CSAP). CSAP enables faculty members of Louisiana institutions to fund Master of Science students enrolled full-time at Louisiana…
March 17, 2020
February 21, 2020
February 20, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his ambitious priorities for the state’s coastal program for his next four years in office. Gov. Edwards also announced the state will receive its maximum payment from the Gulf of Mexico…
February 13, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the RESTORE Council has voted to approve $130 million in Deepwater Horizon oil spill dollars to fund the River Reintroduction into the Maurepas Swamp project, a major win for the…
February 3, 2020
QUEEN BESS ISLAND, LA — Standing on the shore of a remote island in Louisiana’s Barataria Basin, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared the newly-restored Queen Bess Island, home of the Brown Pelican, officially reopened for nesting. The traditional nesting season…
January 30, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today signed an agreement to investigate the most feasible means of providing additional flood protection and ecosystem restoration for St. Tammany Parish.…
December 26, 2019
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority released its 2019 Year in Review outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration. The past year saw the advancement of 108 coastal projects including 33 projects…
December 18, 2019
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2021, which runs from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. The Integrated Ecosystem…