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CPRA, along with local and state officials, have celebrated the completion of the largest ridge and marsh restoration effort in Louisiana - the Spanish Pass Project.
Louisiana’s state coastal board last week unanimously approved the latest iteration of its 50-year, $50 billion plan to protect coastal communities from hurricanes and land loss. It includes 77 restoration projects such as rebuilding degraded marsh, as well as hard infrastructure like levees and floodgates to protect from storm surge.