Four SE Louisiana coastal restoration project grants totaling $8.8M, were among dozens nationwide announced Dec. 6 by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and NOAA, to protect communities from flooding and intensifying storms. A total of 88 grants were announced for entities in 29 states and U.S. territories amounting to over $136M. In Louisiana, local matching monies will increase the funding to $9.3M. The National Coastal Resilience Fund grants were announced on the sidelines of the national Restore America’s Estuaries Coastal and Estuarine Summit in New Orleans.
Among the Louisiana projects is a plan by Ducks Unlimited to build about 80 acres of marsh habitat in zig-zag terraces in open water in the eastern Barataria Basin in Plaquemines Parish.
*The Grand Isle Independent Levee District will use its $614,000 grant to conduct preliminary design work to add sediment to 371 acres of marsh on the restored Fifi Island.
*The New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish will share a grant that will fund preliminary design work for restoring the Bayou Bienvenue/Central Wetlands Unit.
In addition to the Louisiana projects, a $6.5M grant was announced for Mississippi State University, plus $861,100 from local sponsors, to build a 2.5-mile stretch of living shoreline in Back Bay shorelines of Keesler Air Force Base, which will include segmented breakwaters to help reduce flood and storm surge risks. Keesler, MSU shoreline project receives $6.48 million > Air Education and Training Command > Article Display (af.mil)
(Climate Coalition 12/06/22) 4 grants given for coastal restoration – Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition (gnoicc.org)
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