CPRA Board * Represents the state’s position in policy relative to the protection, conservation, enhancement, and restoration of the coastal area of the state; * Oversees the Coastal Protection and Restoration Trust Fund; * Enforces compliance with Coastal Master Plan; and * Develops a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual plan for integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs.
Find out more »About the Leadership Forum Eight years ago, the Foundation hosted Blue Ribbon Resilient Communities Leadership Forums throughout the Gulf Coast and one of the forums focused on Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes. Its purpose was to consider new data from a multi-million-dollar Entergy study that cited by zip codes coastal infrastructure vulnerabilities. The forum explored steps needed to build resiliency based on adaptive measures and determining plans and actions for ensuring a sustainable future. As southwest Louisiana residents now consider new…
Find out more »The mission of the Coastal Advisory Commission on Coastal Protection, Restoration, and Conservation includes but is not limited to assisting the State of Louisiana in the development and implementation of a holistic plan to achieve a sustainable coastal ecosystem, encompassing the entirety of Louisiana’s fragile coast from the Pearl River to the Sabine River, all predicated upon uncompromising engineering, scientific and ecological principles. It does this by advising the Governor and the Executive Assistant on integrated coastal activities relative to…
Find out more »CPRA Board * Represents the state’s position in policy relative to the protection, conservation, enhancement, and restoration of the coastal area of the state; * Oversees the Coastal Protection and Restoration Trust Fund; * Enforces compliance with Coastal Master Plan; and * Develops a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual plan for integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs.
Find out more »The state has formed a subcommittee to craft a unified approach to addressing issues with the flood insurance, especially in coastal communities. Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board chairman Chip Kline leads the National Flood Insurance Program and Coastal Insurability subcommittee.
Find out more »CPRA Board * Represents the state’s position in policy relative to the protection, conservation, enhancement, and restoration of the coastal area of the state; * Oversees the Coastal Protection and Restoration Trust Fund; * Enforces compliance with Coastal Master Plan; and * Develops a master plan for integrated coastal protection and an annual plan for integrated coastal protection for protecting, conserving, enhancing, and restoring the coastal area through the construction and management of integrated coastal protection projects and programs.
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