Water Management Industry Eclipses Oil & Gas as Jobs Leader in SE Louisiana, 2nd Across Coastal Zone
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Van Cleve, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, evancleve@edf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Jimmy Frederick, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, 225.317.2046, jimmy.frederick@crcl.org John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 504.421.7348, jlopez@saveourlake.org Water Management Industry Eclipses Oil and Gas as Jobs Leader in Southeast Louisiana, Second Across Entire Coastal Zone Rapidly growing industry brings high-paying jobs, helps grow Louisiana economy (NEW ORLEANS – February 25, 2016) The water …
Groups Challenge Proposed Raids on Coastal Restoration Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elizabeth Van Cleve, Environmental Defense Fund, 202.553.2543, evancleve@edf.org Emily Guidry Schatzel, National Wildlife Federation, 225.253.9781, schatzele@nwf.org Jacques Hebert, National Audubon Society, 504.264.6849, jhebert@audubon.org Jimmy Frederick, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, 225.317.2046, jimmy.frederick@crcl.org John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 504.421.7348, jlopez@saveourlake.org Groups Challenge Proposed Raids on Coastal Restoration Funds Conservation organizations urge Administration, Congress to protect GOMESA funds for Louisiana coastal restoration (Washington, D.C.—February 10, 2016) In response to the release of President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Feb. 3, 2016
TV cooking show to spotlight area wetlands’ plight By Meredith Burns, Houma Courier. Feb. 2, 2016. “Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program staff will show off some of the area’s best seafood on an episode of the TV show “Flip My Food” airing this week…” (read more)
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Feb. 2, 2016
7 Louisiana coastal restoration projects gain new approvals By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Feb. 1, 2016. “A federal-state coastal restoration task force has ordered design work to begin on five new restoration projects and a restoration demonstration. It also OK’d the start of construction on two existing projects…” (read more) Final bays on Bonnet Carre Spillway closed Monday as Mississippi River level slowly falls By Amy Wold, The Advocate. Feb. 1, 2016. “The last 24 bays at the Bonnet Carre …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Feb. 1, 2016
How long will Lake Pontchartrain stay dirty? By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 28, 2016. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to complete the task of closing the bays in the Bonnet Carre Spillway next week, but that won’t immediately alter the hydrological makeup of Lake Pontchartrain…” (read more) Did spillway opening push speckled trout out of Lake Pontchartrain? By Todd Masson, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 28, 2016. “Salinity isn’t terribly important to speckled trout this time of year, but …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 27, 2016
Floodwaters start to recede By Stacy Gill, The Advocate. Jan. 27, 2016. “Several roads that were closed recently because of floodwater from the Mississippi River in West Feliciana Parish remain closed as of Jan. 25, including River Road at Tunica, Cat Island Road at Polly Creek and the low-water bridge at Solitude…” (read more) Nungesser taps former LDWF secretary to lead state parks By Greg Hilburn, The News Star. Jan. 26, 2016. “Robert Barham, who served two terms as former …
Latest Mississippi River Delta new: Jan. 26, 2016
Bonnet Carre Spillway closing begins as river slowly drops By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 25, 2016. “The Army Corps of Engineers began closing the first 10 of 210 bays in the Bonnet Carre Spillway weir at Norco on Monday (Jan. 25), as the flow of the Mississippi River continued to drop at the Carrollton gauge in New Orleans. The corps hopes to complete the closure of the structure, which diverts river water to Lake Pontchartrain to reduce the height …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 25, 2016
Our Views: Long-term plan for coastal diversion projects By Editorial Board Staff, The New Orleans Advocate. Jan. 21, 2016. *features John Lopez (Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation) and Kimberly Davis Reyher (Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana) “When Mother Nature gives you an opportunity, you’ve got to be in position to take advantage of it. Now, with the Mississippi River hitting its crest in January, another high-water event will not be of much help to Louisiana’s endangered coastline…” (read more) HUD sends …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 22, 2016
Guest column: River should be harnessed for restoration By Jeff Hebert and David Muth for The Advocate. Jan. 22, 2016. “The recent opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway is a dramatic reminder of our region’s precarious relationship with water and the responsibility and opportunity we have to be innovative leaders in water management…” (read more) Louisiana awarded $92 million in disaster resilience funds: $52 million to help relocate Isle de Jean Charles community By Amy Wold, The Advocate. Jan. 21, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 21, 2016
Mississippi River cresting, to drop slowly in New Orleans By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 21, 2016. “The high water level of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans area seems to have become a wintertime way of life. Ocean-going tankers and cargo vessels appear to tower above St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter, and water laps threateningly near Uptown picnickers venturing to the Fly behind Audubon Zoo…” (read more) Funding continues for coastal projects By John Guidroz, American …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 20, 2016
Advocacy group continues push to use river silt to rebuild land By Sean Ellis, Houma Courier. Jan. 19, 2016. *features Alisha Renfro, National Wildlife Federation and Simone Maloz, Restore or Retreat “During high-water events, such as the one being experienced, on the Mississippi River, the river contains more water and sediment than usual and experts from the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition say the natural power of the rivers needs to be used to restore the coast…” (read more) …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 19, 2016
Officials and environmentalists lament that water once again is high in the Mississippi but sediment isn’t being diverted to marshes By Amy Wold, The Advocate. Jan. 16, 2016. *features John Lopez (LPBF), David Muth and Alisha Renfro (NWF), and Kim Reyher (CRCL) “After the 2011 flood pushed record amounts of silt-laden water through the Mississippi River valley, coastal activists lamented the fact that no river diversions were in place to capture some of the sediment to help rebuild Louisiana’s marshes…” …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 14, 2016
New state coastal restoration adviser wants to review sediment diversion plans By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 13, 2016. *features David Muth, National Wildlife Federation and Steve Cochran, Environmental Defense Fund “Gov. John Bel Edwards’ new coastal adviser, Johnny Bradberry, has asked for a new review of the effects of proposed, major sediment diversions on fisheries and oysters and the fishers whose economic livelihood depend on those resources…” (read more) More should be done for wildlife displaced by Bonnet Carre …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 12, 2016
Mississippi floods’ silty lining By Eric Wolff, Politico Morning Energy. Jan. 11, 2016. *features Doug Meffert, National Audubon Society “The Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carre spillway north of New Orleans to protect nearby communities from Mississippi flood waters yesterday, but the move could offer a side benefit: the influx of silt could help buttress the Louisiana’s withering wetlands…” (read more) Morganza Floodway will not be opened, Corps of Engineers decides By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 11, …
Latest Mississippi River Delta news: Jan. 11, 2016
Bonnet Carre Spillway opens Sunday to praise, warnings By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune. Jan. 10, 2016. *features Steve Cochran, Environmental Defense Fund “Cranes atop the weir separating the Mississippi River from the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco began pulling long creosoted timber “needles” from the first of 350 bays at about 10:45 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 10), part of a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce the river’s flow as it moves past New Orleans by directing part …