[StBernard] MRGO Must Go Coalition holds St. Bernard Community Forum on MRGO Wetland Restoration Tuesday, Aug. 11

[Westley Annis]

MRGO Must GO Coalition presents:

St. Bernard Parish Community Forum on the MRGO Wetland Restoration

Event on Tuesday, Aug. 11 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. Bernard Council on
Aging

 

The MRGO Must GO Coalition will hold a St. Bernard Parish Community Forum on
the MRGO Wetland Restoration Tuesday, Aug. 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
St. Bernard Council on Aging at 8201-A W. Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette.

 

The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet has always been a great concern to St.
Bernard Parish. Today, the MRGO is closed to navigation, but the most
critical step toward protection remains: restoration of tens of thousands of
acres of wetlands destroyed by the MRGO -critical community protection
against storm surge. 

 

Join us for FREE Gilbert Melancon's Award-winning jambalaya and an open
discussion to learn about the current MRGO ecosystem restoration project.
Get your questions answered and learn what you can do to help move this
critical restoration effort forward.

 

Panelists include:

. Ron Chapman, Nunez Community College Associate Professor of History 

. Timothy Doody, president -Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection
Authority-East 

. St. Bernard Parish Historian William Hyland

. John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Coastal Sustainability
Director 

. William McCartney, St. Bernard Parish Government Action Officer and
Coastal Zone Management Administrator 

. Greg Miller, US Army Corps Senior Project Manager for the MRGO Wetland
Restoration Study 

 

Contact Amanda Moore with the National Wildlife Federation at 225-229-1944
or MooreA at nwf.org for more information.

 

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