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The head of Louisiana’s state coastal program is resigning after four years in his role as director and chairman, officials confirmed on Wednesday, May 31.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that Chip Kline will resign effective July 3, 2023, as director for Coastal Activities and Chairman of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA).

Louisiana’s top coastal restoration official declared his plans to resign during a speech at one of the state’s largest coastal conferences on Wednesday. Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority chairman Chip Kline marks the latest of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ appointees to step down from their position as the Democratic governor’s term nears its close in January 2024.

The head of Louisiana’s state coastal program is resigning after four years in his role as director and chairman, officials confirmed on Wednesday, May 31.

In the last seven years, the state has secured nearly $15 billion for projects, according to Edwards.

$50 billion worth of levee and wetland restoration projects called for in updated plan

State lawmakers have approved the 2023 coastal master plan, which is the state's vision for the long-term sust...

To realize a future in which we thrive with water in a place as precarious as New Orleans, we need to tinker–to experiment with strong inference and learn from success and failure. A very controversial wetland construction project underway in Louisiana presents a prime opportunity to demonstrate that this approach—intentional investments in clinical trials for planetary health—can catalyze progress. Should we tinker with it?

Federal dollars reach the long-awaited Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee projects

CPRA, along with local and state officials, have celebrated the completion of the largest ridge and marsh restoration effort in Louisiana - the Spanish Pass Project.