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CAMERON, La. – The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced Thursday the start of dredging activities on the Cameron Meadows Marsh Creation and Terracing Project in Cameron Parish northwest of Holly Beach.
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed another outstanding project, restoration of the Rabbit Island in Cameron Parish.
The Regionwide Trustee Implementation Group (TIG), overseeing funds resulting from the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is providing funding for environmental projects across the five Gulf of Mexico states affected by the spill.
Leaders from three Louisiana parishes joined Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and other state officials July 26 to break ground on the much-needed $760 million West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser’s criticisms of the state’s plans to build sediment diversions on the Mississippi River to rebuild land and nourish existing wetlands are wrongheaded and absurd, Chip Kline, coastal adviser to Gov. John Bel Edwards and chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, said Monday. Speaking at a Baton Rouge Press Club luncheon, Kline defended the state’s contention that the Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton Sediment Diversions are key to the long-term sustainability of the state’s coastal wetlands. Nungesser, a Republican and a likely candidate for gover...