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Federal, State Agencies Partner In Louisiana Coastal Agreement Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the state of Louisiana and partner agencies gather following the Summit at Sea Level to advance coastal resilience and infrastructure modernization. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority)

Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the state of Louisiana and partner agencies gather following the Summit at Sea Level to advance coastal resilience and infrastructure modernization. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority)

Federal, State Agencies Partner In Louisiana Coastal Agreement

July 17, 2026

In what the Corps of Engineers is calling “a display of intergovernmental unity,” the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD)… Read More

$102 Million Project To Restore Louisiana Barrier Island The West Grand Terre Beach Nourishment and Stabilization Project is using nearly 2.5 million cubic yards of dredged sand and close to 50,000 tons of armor stone to restore the shoreline of West Grand Terre Island. The beaches, dunes and marshes protect communities between New Orleans’ west bank and Bayou Lafourche. (Photo courtesy of Daulton Barge Leasing, Sales & Management)

The West Grand Terre Beach Nourishment and Stabilization Project is using nearly 2.5 million cubic yards of dredged sand and close to 50,000 tons of armor stone to restore the shoreline of West Grand Terre Island. The beaches, dunes and marshes protect communities between New Orleans’ west bank and Bayou Lafourche. (Photo courtesy of Daulton Barge Leasing, Sales & Management)

$102 Million Project To Restore Louisiana Barrier Island

October 1, 2021

A $102 million project to restore 256 acres of beaches and dunes and 143 acres of marsh is taking shape on a barrier island just east of Grand Isle,… Read More

Hurricane Ida Slams Southeast Louisiana On Katrina Anniversary Two tank barges left high and dry by the Hurricane Ida storm surge. (Photo by Capt. David Mark Poindexter)

Two tank barges left high and dry by the Hurricane Ida storm surge. (Photo by Capt. David Mark Poindexter)

Hurricane Ida Slams Southeast Louisiana On Katrina Anniversary

September 3, 2021

Hurricane Ida made a pair of landfalls at Grand Isle and Port Fourchon in southeast Louisiana August 29 near midday as a strong Category 4 storm. Ida came ashore… Read More

Liftboat Capsizes In Gulf Of Mexico, Coast Guard Conducts Search And Rescue A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew heads toward a capsized commerical lift boat April 13. The Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for multiple missing people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris)

A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew heads toward a capsized commerical lift boat April 13. The Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for multiple missing people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris)

Liftboat Capsizes In Gulf Of Mexico, Coast Guard Conducts Search And Rescue

April 19, 2021

The liftboat Seacor Power, part of Seacor Marine’s fleet of more than a dozen self-propelled and self-raising vessels that serve the offshore oil, gas and wind industries, capsized April… Read More