For Immediate Release: July 18, 2008
Governor Bobby Jindal
Press Office: Melissa Sellers
Contact: 225-342-8006, 225-485-6654 (c)
CPRA: Chris Macaluso
(225) 342-3968, (225) 229-2051 (c)
chris.macaluso@la.gov
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
Governor Bobby Jindal to Hold Press Conference in New Orleans After Surveying Coast with Major General Doug O'Dell
NEW ORLEANS - Today, Governor Bobby Jindal will be joined by Gulf Coast Rebuilding Federal Coordinator, retired Major General Doug O'Dell, and US Army Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region Division Commanding General, Brigadier General Michael Walsh, at a press conference on coastal restoration efforts, following their surveying of the Louisiana coast.
WHO: Governor Bobby Jindal
Governor's Office of Coastal Activities Director Garret Graves
Louisiana National Guard Adjutant General, Major General Bennett C. Landreneau
Gulf Coast Rebuilding Federal Coordinator, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Doug O'Dell
US Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh
WHAT: Press Conference on Coastal Restoration Efforts
WHEN: TODAY, Friday, July 18, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Jackson Barracks, Building 36
6400 St. Claude Avenue
New Orleans, LA, 70117
For additional information about Lousiana's coastal protection and restoration efforts, please call The Office of Coastal Activities at (225) 342-3968 or email 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
