[StBernard] Grants News Release (Region 6): EPA Awards More Than $21 Million to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards More Than $21 Million to the Louisiana Department of Natural
Resources 

  

(Dallas, Texas - July 17, 2008)  The Environmental Protection Agency has
awarded $21,375,446 to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR)
to implement a project to restore and protect Louisiana's coastal wetlands.
The goal of the Mississippi River Sediment Delivery System project is to
rebuild 493 acres of emergent marsh and help demonstrate the feasibility of
using Mississippi River sediment as a resource in the restoration of marsh
communities and transporting the sediment by pipeline. Under the guidelines
of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and in
partnership with EPA Region 6, LDNR will implement projects that create,
protect, restore and enhance wetlands in coastal Louisiana. 

  

Additional information on EPA grants:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm>  

  

More about activities in EPA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/region6
<http://www.epa.gov/region6>  

  

EPA audio file is available at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/audio.htm#audio071708_ldnr
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/audio.htm#audio071708_ldnr>  

  

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