march 2024

• The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt 
• City Blooms: March Events Around New Orleans 
• Gulf Coast: Oyster Shell Recycling Key to Sustainable Seafood and Coastal Protection
• At a Mississippi River break, a debate over Louisiana’s coastal future takes shape 

February 2024

• Cook-Off For the Coast at Docville Farm   

January 2024

• CPRA 2024 Conservation and Restoration Partnership Award Recipients  
• These Christmas wreaths can help with coastal restoration near New Orleans. How to help. 
• MUTED: Climate Marginalization in America

December 2023

• New effort aims to plant 63,000 trees to restore hurricane buffer
• Christmas Wreaths to Be Used for Coastal Restoration Project
• What you need to know about Christmas tree recycling in your parish

November 2023

• Nonprofit Completes Oyster Reef Build with Shells from Restaurants
• Coastal restoration efforts continue at Bayou Pointe-au-Chien with oyster reef rebuild
• Rebuilding land and a reef – Chefs Brigade

October 2023

• Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program Announces 2023 Recipients
• Restoring wetlands in the Lower Ninth Ward; efforts to prepare new dads for fatherhood
• Chefs on Boats: Finding the Feeding Waters
• Could billions of oysters protect us from the next big storm? 
• The Coalition to Restore Coastal LA hosts dune grass planting event
• Coastal restoration organizations are asking residents to help bring back a cypress forest 
• Volunteers requested to plant dune grasses on Cameron Parish beaches 

september 2023

• The mighty Mississippi is less so. And New Orleans’ drinking water is at risk.
• Announcing the 2023 Best Places to Work 
• Rewriting the Disaster Narrative in New Orleans through Collaboration and Community 
• NORLI announces leadership class of 2024 for yearlong program 

August 2023

• A sinking community turns to oyster shells – and a tax – for safety 
• $3B land-building project breaks ground in Louisiana; aims to reconnect Mississippi River to marsh
• How the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will help Louisiana’s coast
• From Sea to Plate to Sea: How Oyster Shells Are Shoring Up Coastlines
• CRCL feature on Dutch website “The Happy Activist
• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana announces next Oyster Shell Reef Deployment in Montegut
• Nonprofit awarded federal funding to join oyster recycling, reef restoration efforts

july 2023

• Historic heat has some in New Orleans worried about powerful hurricanes this season 
• How recycled oyster shells are helping save Louisiana’s dwindling coastline- PBS News Hour 
• Organizations to Plant Tens of Thousands of Trees in Central Wetlands- Biz New Orleans 
• Groups to plant 30K trees in Central Wetlands near New Orleans- WGNO 
• Saving Coastal Louisiana: A $50 billion-5-decade-long plan to restore marshlands 

june 2023

• A new restaurant tax credit could send more oyster shells to the coast rather than the dump – WWL First News with Tommy Tucker 
• Editorial: We must keep coastal progress going, on bipartisan basis
• Restaurants in New Orleans are recycling oyster shells to save precious coastline 
• Lawmakers approve legislation that creates the oyster shell recycling tax credit 
• Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Bill to Create Oyster Shell Recycling Tax Credit
• Grist|Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. They’re staying anyway.
• Living sustainably in New Orleans

maY 2023

• Where Y’at BEST OF THE BIG EASY 
• Q&A: Mike Tidwell reflects on 20th anniversary of book about Louisiana’s land loss crisis
• Restoring The Mississippi River Delta 
• Shell Game
• Louisiana Legislature Passes Pioneering Coastal Master Plan
• Native communities in Louisiana fight to save their land from rising seas
• Restaurant to Reef: Coastal Restoration on the Half Shell
• CRCL Announces Winners of 14 Coastal Stewardship Awards

April 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration recommends funding of $40.3 million for projects in Louisiana to strengthen Climate-Ready Coasts as part of Investing in America agenda
• Coastal Day at the Louisiana Legislature
• Bayou Segnette Tree Planting Event | Jeff Parish TV 
• Ahead of governor’s race, Louisiana coastal advocates tout public support for diversions
• HB255 by Representative Mandie Landry establishes a tax credit for restaurants that recycle oyster shells
• Weathering the Future: Americans use ancient wisdom and new technology to fight extreme weather. 

march 2023

• The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Returns Slurped Shells to the Gulf 
• Renewed hope for the marshes in Louisiana and protecting rural America’s property rights 
• Aluminum beverage can recycling effort diverts aluminum, provides money for charity
• Louisiana Spotlight | The Cost of Coastal Restoration
• The Precipice: THE EROSION AND RESILIENCE OF A LOUISIANA COMMUNITY
• Free Fun At Cook-off For The Coast 
• As our coast vanishes, this Louisiana cook-off is helping in a delicious way 
• Cook off for the Coast
• Coalition Restores Urban Swamp Habitat 
• How one Indigenous family is adapting their oyster business in the face of climate change
• Shell Cycle: The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana Returns Slurped Shells to the Gulf  
• Shell-A-Bration to benefit Oyster Shell Recycling Program 
• ServeLA Positions now open for 2023-24  

February 2023

• Our Views: Fight climate threats with change, adaptability 
• Coalition of Local Organizations and Non-Profits Team Up to Help Make Mardi Gras More Sustainable 
• How eating oysters could help protect the coast 
• Alternative oyster culture, a different way to farm, is gaining popularity in Louisiana
• Oysters can mitigate the effects of hurricanes. Their shells will be used to build protective reefs
• NASA Earth Observatory takes a look at Mardi Gras Pass
• Good eating: Cook-Off for the Coast to benefit Louisiana restoration projects   

January 2023

• Pilot project with Louisiana Indigenous tribe aims to build climate resilience 
• 2023 Restoration Wishlist
• Plan Advanced to Save Louisiana Wetlands
• Our views: Use the Mississippi River to rebuild wetlands
• Hundreds of Louisiana’s ancient sites at risk of washing away, study says
• Guide to New Orleans travel and special tours for GSC 2023
• Coalition To Restore Coastal Louisiana’s Oyster Shell Program
• How eating oysters could help protect the coast

December 2022

• OEG Offshore supports Louisiana coastal restoration project
• What Does Neptune Pass Mean To Fisherman?
• Corps grants Louisiana permits needed to build $2.5 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion
• Major project to help save Louisiana’s eroding coast wins key approval as debate continues
• Army Corps greenlights Louisiana’s $2.2 billion sediment diversion to combat land loss
• CNN Newsroom – James Karst on Restoring Coastal Waterways
• Discarded oyster shells used to build new reefs in coastal Louisiana

November 2022

• Help in your community: Volunteer opportunities in Acadiana, Baton Rouge and New Orleans
• Volunteers needed to plant 10,000 plugs of native grass on Rutherford Beach
• Op. Ed. Al Duverney- We know from experience that river diversions work
• What should happen to Neptune Pass?

October 2022

• BBC – People Fixing the World (Albatrosses and oysters fixing the world)
• NPR – Climate change threatens Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe’s cultural sites
• Oyster shell recycling update
• Oyster shells are helping to save Native American historic sites in Terrebonne Parish
• CRCL builds 5th oyster reef with recycled shells
• NORLI Announces Leadership Class of 2023
• How Important Is The Mid-Barataria Sediment?

September 2022

• Louisiana, coastal advocates push the Corps to keep a new cut in the Mississippi River open
• CRCL leads trip for future coastal leaders.

August 2022

• Louisiana coastal restoration needs more than disasters to fund work
• Coastal Crisis: The Coastal Rise Act

JUly 2022

• The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi

June 2022

• Restoring Coastal Louisiana
• Walls Plus One podcast: Crisis on the Coast + Corey Miller

May 2022

• Wetlands restoration projects with Kimberly Davis Reyher 
• Several years after the closing of MR-GO, wetlands are starting to recover
• New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and ResCon Participate in Oyster Shell Recycling Program
• #PutHousingFirst Radio Show: Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
• Oyster shell recycling with Darrah Bach for Wednesday, May 11
• Discarded oyster shells used to build new reefs, protect coast
• How recycled oyster shells from Louisiana restaurants are used to protect an eroding Indian mound

Early 2022

• Pelicans Recap: Oyster Shell Recycling Program: Restoring Louisiana’s Coast
• Friday is Earth Day: here are six ways to volunteer in south Louisiana
• Louisiana’s ‘hurricane highway’ came with a high price. Another bill is due.
• Potential fuel spill at the 40 Arpent Canal in Chalmette, officials say to avoid area
• Restoring Coastal Louisiana
• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana names Board of Directors for 2022
• Washington Mardi Gras Festivities help fund coastal restoration in Louisiana
• Christmas tree recycling underway for coastal restoration
• New Orleans City Council candidates to debate water issues
• Volunteers needed for Rutherford Beach restoration this weekend
• World Wetlands Day with Michael Hopkins and Kimberley Davis Reyher
• Oyster Shell Recycling Program adds drop-off location in New Orleans
• Advocates say new report adds urgency to Louisiana’s fight to save coast
• How Important Are Wetlands In Reducing Hurricane Impact?