Latest Mississippi River Delta News: Nov. 12, 2014

State Awards Contract for Largest Restoration Project in History of Coastal Program
Coastal Protection Restoration Authority. Nov. 12, 2014.
“The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has awarded a $145.7 million contract to Weeks Marine for the construction of the second increment of the Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project …” (read more )

River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp
Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Nov. 11, 2014.
“The River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project  is designed to restore systems and processes that served the swamp before levees restrained the Mississippi River…” (read more )

Our views: Lifetimes of the Coast
The Advocate. Nov. 11, 2014.
“Louisiana’s disappearing coast is a crisis measured in decades, and it’s been a tangible process for those of us who were born and raised here…” (read more )