RIP African Pompano is an example of the artwork that biologist and artist Brandon Ballengée created as part of his inquiry into species impacted and potentially lost from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He made the image and others by chemically clearing and staining species collected in the Gulf of Mexico after the disaster. (Photo courtesy of A Studio in the Woods)
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded A Studio in the Woods one of 63 grants designed to integrate arts and culture into activities that strengthen communities economically, physically and socially.
A Studio in the Woods, a program of Tulane University’s ByWater Institute, will use the $75,000 Our Town grant to support
$40.8M for marsh creation project in Plaquemines Parish (LA) February 4, 2021, by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Plaquemines Parish officials have announced another coastal restoration project award from Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA).
The project is located in Breton Sound Basin, Plaquemines Parish, west of Delacroix along Bayou Gentilly in Louisiana.
“Allocating these funds to projects in our parish means big steps are being taken toward bringing projects to reality. Marsh creation is key. Overall, marshes provide vital habitat for hundreds of thousands of birds and nursery habitat for a variety of fish and shellfish crucial to Plaquemines Parish’s fishing industry,” said Plaquemines Parish President