The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group has released the Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Cypremort Point State Park Improvements Project Modifications (PDF, 98 pages). The modifications under consideration include replacing the original proposed breakwater system project feature with other recreational use features.

The Cypremort Project, with the breakwater system, was initially approved in the July 2018 Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #4 and had an estimated cost of $4.48 million. Since Restoration Plan #4 was approved, an

The Louisiana Restoration Area trustees recently released Louisiana Adaptive Management Status and Improvement Report: Vision and Recommendations. This report identifies opportunities to improve adaptive management of Louisiana coastal restoration by linking monitoring efforts across restoration programs, formalizing and adaptive management process, and focusing on ecosystem outcomes.

Adaptive management encourages an integrated and flexible approach to restoration by using solutions that incorporate changing and uncertain conditions.  It also offers the ability to incorporate new knowledge

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group recently approved changes to two recreational use projects, the Point-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area (Point-aux-Chenes WMA) Recreational Use Enhancement Project and the Wetlands Center Project. Both projects were originally selected in the July 2018 Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #4.

Point-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area Project

As evaluated in the Final Supplemental Envrionmental Assessment for the Point-aux-Chenes WMA Recreational Use Project (PDF, 43 pages), one component of the overall project, the boat launch for

Updated on April 17, 2020 - Materials from the April 8 Public Webinar are below.

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is considering several restoration projects to restore for injuries to marine mammals and oysters.  Those projects are included in a draft restoration plan now open for public comment for 30 days through April 20, 2020. The trustees are also holding a public webinar on the plan on April 8. The plan, fact sheets in English and Vietnamese, and the executive summary in Vietnamese are all below.

The plan, “Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #5: Living Coastal

Updated on April 17, 2020 - Materials from the April 2 Public Webinar are below.

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is considering design alternatives for the Large-Scale Barataria Marsh Creation: Upper Barataria Component project. The preferred design alternative, included in a draft restoration plan now open for public comment for 30 days until April 20, 2020, would create 1,207 acres of intertidal marsh in Upper Barataria Bay. The trustees will hold a public webinar to present the plan on April 2, 2020. The plan, fact sheets in English and Vietnamese, and the executive summary in

After consideration of public comments we received, Louisiana’s Phase 2 Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #1.3 (PDF, 159 pages) is now finalized. Released as a draft in November 2019, the plan includes a bird restoration project on Rabbit Island, and a habitat restoration project at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

The final approved combined cost of the projects is approximately $37 million. These costs cover engineering and design, construction, monitoring and adaptive management, and operations and maintenance.  

• The Rabbit Island project will restore 87.8

Standing on the newly restored Queen Bess Island, on February 3, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards shared the success of this Deepwater Horizon restoration project with a large group of project partners and supporters. A few weeks from completion, the restored island will be ready for nesting Brown Pelicans just in time for their arrival next month.

“I think they’ll like what we’ve done with the place,” said Gov. John Bel Edwards. “Before we started this restoration last August, only five of the island’s 36 acres were usable for nesting. Now all 36 acres are available, and we have plans to

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group is considering changes to the Cypremort Point State Park Improvements Project initially approved in the July 2018 Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #4. One component of the project has already been completed by the State of Louisiana with other funds, so we’ll be considering new alternatives.

In Restoration Plan #4, the Louisiana TIG selected 19 projects intended to compensate for recreational use opportunities that were lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Among them was the Cypremort Project at an estimated cost of

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate completion of the Salinas Park Addition project in Gulf County, Florida. The $3.2 million Deepwater Horizon restoration project includes a newly acquired seven acre parcel with 1,000 feet fronting the St. Joseph Bay Aquatic Preserve.

New recreational amenities include an elevated, tree-top boardwalk and platforms that provide stunning views of both St. Joseph Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Other facilities include trail connections with rest stops along the adjacent eight-mile paved Loggerhead Run