The Louisiana Watershed Initiative is a coordinated interagency effort focused on reducing flood risk and increasing resilience throughout Louisiana. Through this initiative, the state is working towards coordinating floodplain management responsibilities in Louisiana based on watershed boundaries throughout the entire state. They are also in close collaboration and partnership with local jurisdictions to achieve long-term flood risk reduction and resilience outcomes. 

Louisiana’s eight watershed regions each coordinate efforts among parishes to reduce the risks of flood damage.

Geography: Eight watershed regions were established as part of the initiative.  See the next page for a breakdown of coastal parishes by region.

State Agencies Involved: Office of Community Development (main), Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Transportation and Development and Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Funding: The state of Louisiana is making a massive initial investment of over $1.2 billion in the Louisiana Watershed Initiative with US HUD Community Development Block Grant–Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) dollars to fund project design and construction, regional capacity building, policy improvements, and watershed planning.

Region 4

  • DeSoto
  • Rapides
  • Calcasieu
  • Sabine
  • Beauregard
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Vernon
  • Allen
  • Cameron

Fiscal Agent: Calcasieu Parish Police Jury

1015 Pithon St.
Lake Charles, LA 70602

337.721.3500
calcasieuparish.gov

Region 5

  • Rapides
  • Calcasieu
  • Cameron
  • Avoyelles
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Vermilion
  • Pointe Coupee
  • Acadia
  • Iberia
  • Allen
  • Lafayette
  • Mary
  • Evangeline
  • Martin
  • Iberville
  • Landry

 

 

Fiscal Agent: Acadiana Planning Commission

101 Jefferson St., Suite 201
Lafayette, LA 70501

337.806.9368
planacadiana.org/watershed

Region 6

  • Pointe Coupee
  • James
  • Lafourche
  • West Baton Rouge
  • John the Baptist
  • Charles
  • Iberville
  • Martin
  • Jefferson
  • Iberia
  • Mary
  • Plaquemines
  • Ascension
  • Terrebonne
  • Orleans
  • Assumption
   

Fiscal Agent: South Central Planning and Development Commission

5058 W. Main St.
Houma, LA 70360

985.851.2900
scpdc.org

 

Region 7

  • West Feliciana
  • Washington
  • Tammany
  • East Feliciana
  • East Baton Rouge
  • Iberville
  • Helena
  • Livingston
  • Ascension
  • Tangipahoa
  • John the Baptist
  • James
  • Charles
   

Fiscal Agent: Capital Region Planning Commission

333 N. 19th St.
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

225.383.5203
crpcla.org

Region 8

  • Charles
  • Orleans
  • Bernard
  • Jefferson
  • Plaquemines
 

Fiscal Agent: Regional Planning Commission

10 Veterans Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70124

504.483.8500
norpc.org

Points of Contact