For Immediate Release: July 1, 2010
Contact: Chris Macaluso
(225) 342-3968
chris.macaluso@la.gov
EMERGENCY CPRA Meeting Called for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 7 at UNO
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday, July 7 at 10:30 A.M. at UNO's Homer L. Hitt Alumni Center 2nd Floor Ballroom located at 2000 Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans to discuss oil impacts on Louisiana's coastal marshes and ecosystems and possible restoration efforts.
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Senator Mary Landrieu will be at the meeting to discuss federal ecosystem restoration efforts.
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A meeting agenda will be distributed as soon as it's available.
For more information, please email CPRA Information Director Chris Macaluso at chris.macaluso@la.gov.
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The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's mandate is to develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive coastal protection and restoration master plan. For the first time in Louisiana's history, this single state authority will integrate coastal restoration and hurricane protection by marshalling the expertise and resources of the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation and Development, and other state agencies, to speak with one clear voice for the future of Louisiana's coast. Working with federal, state and local political subdivisions, including levee districts, the CPRA will work to establish a safe and sustainable coast that will protect our communities, the nation's critical energy infrastructure, and our bountiful natural resources for generations to come. The CPRA of Louisiana was established by Act 8 of the 1st Extraordinary Session of 2005.
