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The Wetlands of the Gulf Coast are not only important to those of us that live in Louisiana, but it is invaluably important to the entirety of our nation - from ecology, to culture, to industry; the health of our Wetlands effects us all. That's why we feel it's important to do our part to encourage education, conservation, and activism for the support of the Wetlands.


LATEST NEWS
-EPA is initiating a veto of the Yazoo Pumps Project, exercising its authority to stop projects that damage wetlands for only the 12th time in EPA history. Click here for more
-Did Oil Canals Worsen Katrina's Effects?
- Click here to read more about this issue
-Jindal appoints New Senior Advisor on Coastal Affairs - Longtime congressional staffer Garret Graves has been selected by Gov. Jindal to serve as a senior advisor on coastal affairs. Graves arrives with a solid Republican pedigree, having held top staff positions for former Congressman Billy Tauzin and Sen. David Vitter. Read more...
-Corps to miss deadline for plan to protect La. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't meet its December deadline to provide Congress a plan on how to protect coastal Louisiana from Category 5 hurricanes."We're not quite done with it," said Steve Wright, corps spokesman. Read more...
-Environmental effects of Cypress Mulch - The Save Our Cypress Coalition recently completed the Coastal Forest Sustainability and Cypress Mulch Fact Sheet with scrupulously researched scientific references. The Pontchartrain Basin Research Program, a program out of Southeastern Louisiana University, has also released a fact sheet, Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Cypress Mulch. The message is the same - Cypress mulch harms the Gulf Coast.
RESOURCE & ADVOCACY LINKS
Below you will find links to major organizations involved in Wetlands Conservation. We will be adding to this list regularly, as well as including news about the Wetlands, so check back and Get Involved!
If you have a link or resource to suggest, contact us
NWRC
National Wetlands Research Center
"The National Wetlands Research Center is a source and clearinghouse of science information about wetlands in the United States and the world for fellow agencies, private entities, academia, and the public at large."

lacoast
LACOAST.GOV
"The mission sounds simple: Restore Louisiana's wetlands...But the solutions' seeming simplicity belies the complexity of restoring Louisiana’s dynamic coastal ecosystem."

Louisiana Land Loss
Data and Maps (often troubling) about the erosion of the Louisiana Coastline

bayou vermilion district "Here at the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District, we are working hard to revitalize the beauty of the Bayou Vermilion."

gulf restoration netwok
"The Gulf Restoration Network works to protect wetlands from reckless development, destructive logging practices, and harmful U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects and policies."


coalition to restore coastal LA
"The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is a non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is the preservation, restoration and responsible stewardship of the coastal wetlands, waters and barrier shorelines of coastal Louisiana."

Multiple Lines of Defense
"The strategy works on the well-founded premise that coastal Louisiana must be protected from hurricane surge by both man-made features, such as levees, and by the natural coastal wetland buffer along the Louisiana coast."
wetlands_movie From Gulf Restoration Network:
"The Hurricane Season of 2005 has shown how vulnerable Gulf coastal communities are to the devastating impacts of ever-stronger storms. We have seen how the continued destruction of our natural barriers, such as coastal wetlands and barrier islands, takes away nature's ability to reduce the strength and impact of hurricanes."

Our barrier islands, coastal wetlands and marshes must be protected and enhanced.

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