THe coalition to restore coastal louisiana supports:

sound decision making:

Ensure that decisions about the management of our coast are based on sound science and
good governance.

• Support a science-based master planning process.
• Support the continuation of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) as the lead for all coastal planning and implementation.
• Support science-based coastal management practices and decisions independent of
  the political landscape.
• Support short- and long-term planning.
  • Support projects that provide short-term benefits to communities facing
    challenges.
  • Support plans and policies with the foresight to be realistic and face the hard
    questions before us about the coast in the long term.
• Support and encourage continued nonpartisan approaches to coastal issues.
• Support innovative funding and revenue sources for coastal restoration.
  • Federal: RISEE Act, BREEZE ACT, GOMESA, RESTORE
  • State: Coastal Trust Fund, emerging energy revenue, surplus spending
• Support a comprehensive hurricane protection system which utilizes natural defenses.
• Support the Multiple Lines of Defense strategy for coastal protection.

Utilizing Natural Systems

Maximize the use of natural systems to restore and protect our coast.

• Support river diversions, both natural crevasses and engineered.
• Support and prioritize sustainable solutions utilizing natural materials and living shorelines.
• Support beneficial use dredging policies.
• Support the restoration of natural hydrologic processes to keep freshwater and saltwater in balance with ecological health.
• Support policies that encourage the incorporation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
  when appropriate.

Coastal Conservation

Minimize additional harm to Louisiana wetlands.

• Support protections for existing wetlands.
• Support mitigation policies that encourage in-basin restoration and consider our coast’s overall ecology.
• Support policies that encourage public participation and education in conserving and
  restoring the coast.
• Support the education and engagement of coastal residents in making their voices heard.

Work to Achieve a Thriving Coast for All

Celebrate and support the cultural and economic opportunities along our coast.

• Support policies that protect and uplift communities and cultures along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.
• Support Louisiana’s working coast.
• Support coastal workforce development.
• Support Louisiana’s seafood industry, recognizing that fisheries are dependent upon
  wetlands
• Work with all invested players for coastal restoration.
• Support the growth of existing and emerging renewable energy opportunities.

Long-Term visioning

Forward thinking to address Louisiana’s coastal crisis

• Support policies that recognize Louisiana’s vulnerability to climate change (rising sea levels, excessive heat, and more intense weather events.)
• Support innovative management of important bodies of water and waterways along the coast; specifically, the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers.
• Support policies that recognize change are inevitable, considering actions that shape
  change, minimize impacts and adjust.
• Support policies that adapt the way we live with water.