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Area volunteers help bolster island that is home to thousands of nesting brown pelicans
After Louisiana officials finished restoring 37-acre Queen Bess Island in February, much of the vegetation planted on its small footprint of newly pumped sand didn't have time to take root before more than 6,000 brown pelicans arrived for breeding season.
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BP oil spill funds cover Louisiana boat launch, pier project
Money from the BP oil spill of 2010 has paid for a $3 million project to improve a boat launch and add fishing piers and parking in a coastal Louisiana parish.
Louisiana wants billions for hurricane risk reduction included in federal appropriations bill
Louisiana coastal officials are pushing the state’s congressional delegation to support an expected emergency supplemental appropriation bill aimed at this year’s record-breaking hurricane season to provide money for emergency repairs to beaches, barrier islands and other wetland restoration projects.
LA TIG approves $234.6M for coastal restoration projects - Dredging Today
Louisiana Governor, John Bel Edwards, announced this week that the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) has approved $234.6 million in funds resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement for restoration projects that will create and restore wetlands in Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes.