We are currently transitioning to a new coastal website:

www.coastal.la.gov 

Click Here to Sign Petition Demanding Gulf Coast Restoration

Click here for updates on oil containment and clean up efforts

Click here for emergency sand barrier permit issued by Corps of Engineers May 27

Click here for map of diversions and barrier alignment

Sand Barrier Plan Presentation and Explanation to Federal Officials, June 1

 

 

Louisiana's Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast is the first document to completely incorporate hurricane protection projects with projects aimed at rebuilding Louisiana's rapidly eroding coastal wetlands. It is the guide for all coastal restoration and hurricane protection efforts in Louisiana over the next several decades. To view the plan, please click the image to the left.

Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Plan

The Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Plan has been presented to the State Legislature. Click on the above link to download the plan. 

To view past Annual Plans and review meeting presentations for the Fiscal Year 2011 Draft Annual Plan public meetings, please click here to access the Annual Plan Page.

Please Click Here for a list of upcoming CPRA/Coastal Events
Design Meeting for Orleans Shoreline Protection Project Scheduled for July 20
BATON ROUGE -- The Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration will conduct a design (95 percent) meeting for the CIAP Orleans Land Bridge Shoreline Protection Project on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 beginning at 10 a.m. in the 11th Floor conference room of the Chase Building, North Tower located at 450 Laurel Street in Baton Rouge.


Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Officials Open Davis Pond Diversion to Full Capacity to Help Curb Oil Penetration into Coastal Marshes
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration (OCPR) officials opened the Davis Pond freshwater diversion in St. Charles Parish to full capacity (10,650 cubic feet per second) at 8:30 a.m. Monday, May 10 to help minimize the potential impact of oil on sensitive marshes and estuaries in the northern Barataria Basin.