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Louisiana to get $261M for southwest Louisiana marsh creation The U.S. Department of the Treasury has approved Louisiana’s plan to spend $261 million in settlement money from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill for marsh restoration in southwest Louisiana, the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced Friday. The plan focuses mainly on drainage improvements and marsh creation and nourishment. “The implementation plan incorporates the best available science and enables us to move forward with the extensive ecosystem restoration southwest Louisiana so critically ne...

Bayou Ducros, Bayou Terre aux Boeufs projects get boost March 4, 2021, by Eldin Ganic St. Bernard Parish Government last week announced that two largescale coastal restoration projects have advanced in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) process. Coastal parishes, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and participating federal agencies voted the Bayou Ducros Marsh Creation project in the Pontchartrain Basin and the Bayou Terre aux Boeufs North Ridge Restoration and Marsh Creation project ...

CPRA presents Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Plan draft version February 18, 2021, by Eldin Ganic The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. The Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Plan anticipates investing $887 million in Louisiana’s coast with 71% of that amount going directly to constructing projects. “In spite of the ma...

CPRA releases 2020 Year in Review December 14, 2020, by Eldin Ganic The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) last week released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration. The past year saw the advancement of 112 coastal projects, including 49 projects in construction, surpassing last year’s record of 40 projects in active construction. “In a year of unprecedented challenges, our team at CPRA pressed forward with unrelenting focus in order to advance projects and...