[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



The web site below will give a fact sheet on the project, including a map                                   
 
http://www.lacoast.gov/projects/overview.asp?statenumber=BA%2D39
 
 
-----Original Message-----
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
 
More about activities in EPA Region 6:  http://www.epa.gov/region6
 
EPA audio file is available at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/audio.htm#audio071708_ldnr