Gulf Coast Restoration Begins Now…With You Be a part of the Solution!
Each donation of $25 delivers one Gulf SaverTM Bag and restores one foot of vital Gulf Coast ecosystems and wildlife habitats. 25,000 Gulf Coast VOLUNTEERS and the BOATS they need to deploy your donated GULF SAVER BAGS are ready and waiting! Gulf Saver Bags are biodegradable packages of native marsh grasses, nutrients and oil eating micro-organisms that “jump start” the restoration of the wetlands.The wetland grasses are the fabric and the glue holding together essential Gulf ecosystems.
With the first wave of the oil slick expected to impact coastal Louisiana, CRCL is joining with our partners at the local, state and federal level to begin registering volunteers to assist with spill recovery efforts.As we prepare to engage volunteers in various aspects of this emergency, we realize the need to have financial resources to manage volunteers to carry out a successful recovery, we ask you to please consider a online donation to the oil spill recovery effort. Register To VolunteerDonate Now
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Louisiana loses nearly 25 square miles of land every year. This loss can be avoided only if we choose a different future. When you make an investment in CRCL, you are making an investment in the future of coastal Louisiana. Act now.... It's not too late!
Beach Restoration on the Cameron Shoreline The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District invite you to participate in a 3-day beach restoration event on the Cameron shoreline at Constance Beach. The beach borders and protects acres of marsh habitat and is being threatened by erosion caused by the Gulf of Mexico.In an effort to restore this area, we will plant 15,000 plugs of bitter panicum and seashore paspalum which will assist in the stability and growth of dunes on the beach.. In addition, the project will also create wildlife habitat, increase species diversity and provide a seed source for natural regeneration.Click Here for more information.
Big Branch Marsh Restoration The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana invites you to participate in a 2-week long marsh restoration project in the open mud flats located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain within the USFWS Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.Over 70,000 marsh plants will be planted to help restore and enhance the wetlands and we are looking for over 400 volunteers to help accomplish this project. Click here for more information.
In Memory of Suzanne R. Hawes Sue was a dedicated advocate and leader for the restoration and protection of coastal Louisiana and worked diligently to bring together the many stakeholders of our region. Her passion, expertise and abilities were unique and will be deeply missed. Click here for more information.
State of the Coast The Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and many others partnered together to host the State of the Coast (SOC) Conference.The conference consisted of three full days of presentations by leading experts in concurrent sessions, cafe and beignet sessions, keynote speakers, coastal policy plenary sessions, poster sessions and social networking opportunities. Click here for more information.
CEQ Leads Interagency Work Group into Coastal Louisiana Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a federal interagency roadmap focused on improving restoration efforts in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information- click here.
MRGO Must Go Campaign The Corps of Engineers has recently submitted its final report to Congress to deauthorize the MRGO. But that simply isn't enough. The Coalition together with our many partners is calling on the President and Congress to develop a comprehensive closure plan for MRGO that includes the restoration of wetlands. TAKE ACTION.
MRGO Final Report & COE Report Steps to de-authorize and close the MRGO appear to be moving forward following the Corps of Engineers release of their final plan and a signed Chief of Engineers' Report.
A Report from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, the Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy is a methodology to design flood control and wetland restoration in coastal Louisiana.The strategy works on the well-founded premise that coastal Louisiana must be protected from hurricane surge by both man-made features, such as levees, and by the natural coastal wetland buffer along the Louisiana coast.Levees alone will not work. Together, a healthy coastal estuary and appropriately designed levees system can sustain Louisiana’s ecology and economy of the coast.
