CPRA releases 2020 Year in Review December 14, 2020, by Eldin Ganic
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) last week released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration.
The past year saw the advancement of 112 coastal projects, including 49 projects in construction, surpassing last year’s record of 40 projects in active construction.
“In a year of unprecedented challenges, our team at CPRA pressed forward with unrelenting focus in order to advance projects and deliver results to the citizens of coastal Louisiana,” said CPRA Chairman
Chip Kline and Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities.
Gov. Edwards Establishes Task Force Focused on Restoring and Enhancing Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin
Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order creating the Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement (ARBRE) Task Force to address long-standing issues in the basin and raise public awareness of the critical nature of these concerns.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 2:07 PM
Posted By: Akemi Briggs
BATON ROUGE Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order creating the Atchafalaya River Basin Restoration and Enhancement (ARBRE) Task Force to address long-standing issues in the basin and raise public awareness of the critical nature of these concerns.
“The irony of the Atchafalaya Basin is that while it is suffering from an abundance of sediment, the rest of our coast is experiencing a severe sediment deficit,” said Gov. Edwards. “The basin’s stressors are not only harming water quality and the environment but also threatening the capacity of the basin to carry flo