VOW, Coastal Roots & St. Martin's Students put 500 trees in wetlands
On January 13, 2010 forty-nine 7th graders from St. Martin's Episcopal School in New Orleans made the short journey to Point-aux-Chenes in Terrebonne Parish. Less than 7 miles
from the Gulf of Mexico, the students
planted approximately 500 trees to
replenish that area of wetlands.
Click here to view images and learn
more about the program.
01.28.10
Coastal restoration and levees would share $600 million from state in fiscal year 2011 under proposal
Louisiana expects to spend $600 million of state money on levee, coastal restoration and coastal infrastructure projects in fiscal year 2011, according to the draft coastal restoration and hurricane protection plan.
01.22.10
State injects more money into fixing wetlands
Gov. Bobby Jindal announced more than $77 million in projects Wednesday that aim to help protect and curb the rapid erosion of Terrebonne and Lafourche's coastal wetlands.
01.21.10
Vermilion, Cameron coastal projects funded
One Vermilion Parish and two Cameron Parish coastal restoration projects are among nine approved for design or construction, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday.
01.20.10
West bay diversion project on Mississippi River to end
Sediment can be put to better use elsewhere, officials say
Coastal restoration effort moves into higher gear
Material dredged from Lake Pontchartrain will create 729 acres of marsh and strengthen 202 acres of existing marsh between the lake and Interstate 10 in St. Charles Parish. The area where Lake Pontchartrain meets the Labranche wetlands was photographed in March 2006.
Twenty-nine Louisiana coastal projects received funding from the Minerals Management Service last year
Twenty-nine coastal restoration projects in Louisiana received funding from the Minerals Management Service through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program last year.
01.07.10
Resource Environmental Solutions Anounces 514 Restored Wetlands Acres in Cameron Parish
Third Louisiana Resource, LLC, a subsidiary of Resource Environmental Solutions has completed the restoration of 514 acres in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The site, Petit Bois Mitigation Bank will provide bottomland hardwood and baldcypress restoration credits to mitigate wetland inmpacts in the Calcasieu Basin.
Federal grant to help finance Plaquemines Parish wetlands project
Plaquemines Parish government has received a $1.2 million grant to help finance the wetlands restoration project in the parish's marshland.
12.07.09
Coastal restoration meeting becomes venue for venting frustration with federal agencies
Representatives of several federal agencies reviewing ways to speed ecosystem restoration efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi got an earful of advice from coastal residents on Monday during the first of three days of meetings in the two states.
12.06.09
Louisianians watch Native land sinking into sea
Surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the bayou on the other, Isle de Jean Charles sits at the southern tip of Louisiana's rapidly vanishing wetlands, an area that is 3- to 4-miles long and about a mile wide. The tribe has been living here since 1840.
12.01.09
Vemilion Parish receives coastal restoration grant
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) today announced the Minerals Management Service awarded a $217,782 grant to construct coastal protections in Vermilion Parish.
11.29.09
Will other coastal communities suffer Leeville's fate
For nearly a century, the homes and businesses between Golden Meadow and Fourchon have disappeared one by one, victims of sinking land, surging surf and the occasional hurricane.
11.23.09
Corps could be helping rebuild coast with dredged river sediment, state says
Louisiana officials asked the secretary of the federal Department of Commerce to mediate the state's dispute with the Army Corps of Engineers over the agency's failure to use most of the sediment it dredges from the lower Mississippi River each year to rebuild wetlands.
11.22.09
NOLA's watershed moment: A judge confirms that the Army Corps let the city down
The question is whether America will finally learn the main lesson of the gulf disaster of 2005 - and make sure it doesn't happen again.
11.19.09
Will the Katrina Ruling Prevent Another Disaster?
"The Corps' negligence resulted in the wasting of millions of dollars in flood-protection measures and billions of dollars in congressional outlays to help this region recover."
Pros, cons debated for levee in southeast Louisiana
Effective planning of a southeast Louisiana hurricane protection system will require a balance between protecting people from flooding while protecting the coastal ecosystem from harm...
11.17.09
Rules aim to use dredged mud to save coast
New rules for how companies and individuals who build in Louisianas wetlands use the soil unearthed while dredging waterways remain untested after nearly a month on the books.
11.06.09
Unnatural disaster
The city was last month host to the Eighth Symposium on religion, science and the environment convened by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual leader of the worlds 250m Orthodox Christians.
11.04.09
Coastal restoration projects demand unified effort, Louisiana leaders say
A report released Wednesday by the organization said a maze of conflicting federal agency rules threaten the restoration of vital wetlands.
Report challenges feds to eliminate barriers to saving the coast
A coalition of state, industry and national environmental leaders released a report today calling on Washington to remove bureaucratic roadblocks to Louisiana's coastal restoration and protection agenda.
11.03.09
Corps starts $1B barrier for western New Orleans
Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay.
Slidell senator wants mud from corps projects for planned 'megaport' near mouth of Mississippi
"This could serve a dual purpose, " said Crowe, describing the port as an economic development project that could also help protect south Louisiana from flooding during hurricanes.
11.01.09
Industry, environmental groups unite to save coast
National oil, industry and land companies, environmental leaders and politicians will meet Wednesday in Washington to discuss immediate steps Congress should take to address the deteriorating Gulf Coast.
View Alexandra Cousteau's (grandaughter of famed scientist/advocate Jacques Cousteau) interview with Tab Benoit during her expidition, Blue Legacy.
Thank you to all of our volunteers, supporters and patrons who helped make the 6th Annual VOW Festival a great success. Click here to view photos from the 2009 festival.
