coastal restoration

Louisiana Wetlands Experts Exchanging Ideas At Vietnam Conference

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Members of the America’s Wetland Foundation are in Vietnam this week to collaborate on river management. Dutch experts are also participating.

Christmas Tree Pick-Up Under Way in St. Charles

The Associated Press — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Crews will pick up Christmas trees at curbside in St. Charles Parish through Jan. 19. Parish officials say all decorations must be removed and flocked trees will not be picked up.

Collected trees will be used in coastal restoration efforts in the Bayou Gauche area.

Hearing to Focus on Plaquemines Coastal Plan

The Associated Press — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

A public hearing on coastal management in Plaquemines Parish will be held Feb. 7.

The parish Coastal Zone Management Department said the public will be able to offer comment on coastal management issues.

Orleans, Jefferson to Recycle Trees to Help Marsh

The Associated Press — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:58:26 +0000

Even though Christmas is over, your tree can keep on giving.

WDSU-TV reports officials in Orleans and Jefferson parish are again picking up live trees for use in marsh restoration.

Work on Buras High School Reef Begins

The Associated Press — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:45:40 +0000

A Plaquemines Parish high school destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is being turned into an artificial reef in Breton Sound.

Concrete, bricks and mortar from the school are being spread over six to eight acres off California Point for what will be called Buras High School Reef.

Plaquemines Wants Your Christmas Tree

The Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:46:57 +0000

Plaquemines Parish plans to collect Christmas trees after the season to help rebuild wetlands in the coastal parish.

The parish garbage collection company, Solid Waste North and South, will pick them up at curbside after the holidays.

Community Impact Series: Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Ian McNulty — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:26:00 +0000

Working to move Louisiana's coastal crisis beyond local turf wars, and stumping for the state's entire coastal system.

LSU faculty get $1.5M to study Louisiana's coast

The Associated Press — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:07:17 +0000

LSU has been awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate whether southern coastal Louisiana has reached the tipping point, becoming too costly to sustain.

America's Wetland Foundation Lobbies in DC for Coastal Restoration

Eileen Fleming — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Members of the America’s Wetland Foundation and a bipartisan group of Southern lawmakers are in Washington, D.C. today, making the case that coastal restoration along the Gulf of Mexico is a national issue.

America's Wetland Managing Director Val Marmillion says projects must be coordinated and strategic.

Vitter: EPA gives La grant to help fight dead zone

The Associated Press — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:54:58 +0000

U.S. Sen. David Vitter says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award a $100,000 grant to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to help fight the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone."