[StBernard] News Release (Region 6): EPA Awards More Than $20 Million to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for Whiskey Island Restoration

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards More Than $20 Million to the Louisiana Department of Natural
Resources for Whiskey Island Restoration 

(Dallas, Texas - July 18, 2008)  The Environmental Protection Agency has
awarded $20,678,580 to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR)
to restore and protect the marshes at Whiskey Island in Terrebonne Parish.
The Whiskey Island Back Barrier Marsh Creation, TE-50 project will serve
several functions including the creation of a back barrier platform on which
the island can migrate approximately 300 acres of coastal habitat, a minimum
of three one-acre tidal ponds, 5,800 feet of tidal creeks, approximately
13,000 feet of dune, and vegetation of the completed project with smooth
cordgrass.  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#audio071808_whiskeyisland
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/audio.htm#audio071808_whiskeyisland>  

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