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Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Annual Meeting
June 8, 2018
The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) will hold its annual public meeting on June 26, 2018 at the Tulane River and Coastal Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the meeting, the LA TIG will have an open house where…
Attorney who won legal battles for Louisiana after Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill receives Coastal Stewardship Award
May 31, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Megan Terrell, an attorney in the governor’s office, was honored today with a Coastal Stewardship Award for her years of work on behalf of the people of Louisiana following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Coalition…
CPRA Delivers Louisiana Coastal Basins Report at State of the Coast Conference
May 31, 2018
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Louisiana’s coastal basins need help, the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) reported at the biennial State of the Coast Conference at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center today. However, in a panel discussion led…
ICYMI: CPRA head responds to anti-diversion claims
May 23, 2018
CPRA May Board Meeting in Review
May 18, 2018
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustees Release Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment Elmer’s Island Access Project Modification
May 11, 2018
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) has released a Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment. In response to public comment on our December 2017 Draft Recreational Use Plan, the Louisiana…
APPROVED: Louisiana coastal restoration spending plan for FY 2019 unanimously adopted with bi-partisan support in State House and Senate
May 11, 2018
Baton Rouge, LA – Today the Louisiana Legislature unanimously adopted the proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year submitted by the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), approving the expenditure of $566 million in anticipated revenues outlined in…
CPRA to highlight ongoing and future work at State of the Coast Conference 2018
May 7, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is pleased to partner with The Water Institute of the Gulf and host Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana to produce the fifth biennial State of the Coast Conference at…
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustees Release Final Barataria Basin Strategic Restoration Plan
April 18, 2018
BATON ROUGE, LA — March 20, 2018 — The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) approved and released a restoration plan intended to restore wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats in the Barataria Basin.
CPRA’s RESTORE Parish Matching Amendment
April 18, 2018
This RESTORE Parish Matching Amendment to the State’s First Amended RESTORE Plan, which was approved by the RESTORE Council in June 2018, was published and made available for public review and comment for a minimum of forty five (45) days,…