Breaux Act Newsflash - Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Announcements and Reminders
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March 6, 2008
Nicholls State University
9:00 AM
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Hazard Mitigation and Land Use Planning in Coastal Louisiana:
Recommendations for the Future
This project assesses the current state of land use planning authority and
practice, as it pertains to the ability of the state and local governments
to respond to their coastal crisis. In addition, it provides coastal
parish and state land use planners with information on legal and policy
tools that allow them to use available powers to achieve public safety
goals and to optimize the effectiveness and value of coastal restoration
projects. Where sufficient powers are lacking, the project identifies gaps
and provides information to land use planners, allowing them to promote
land use planning as a necessary element in addressing land loss issues.
This project also provides lawmakers with information on land use planning
issues that will assist them in enacting legislation necessary to respond
to the requests and needs of land use planners for greater powers with
which to address coastal land loss issues.
Completed by Rod Emmer, James Wilkins, Lisa Schiavinato, Mark Davis
(Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana), and Mike Wascom (School of the
Coast and Environment, Department of Environmental Studies)
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"An Ocean Night of Action"
Co-sponsored by Environment America, Gulf Restoration Network, Sierra Club
and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
When: March 11th from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Where: Tulane Student Center Race Conference Room # 201.
What: Guest Speakers Jesse Kastler of COSEE and Aaron Viles of the Gulf
Restoration Network will speak about the widespread effects of
overfishing, and the pivotal turning point we are at right now.
Following will be YOUR chance to take multiple, immediate actions, to stop
overfishing and protect marine life, win prizes in our RAFFLE and enjoy
light REFRESHMENTS.
Please RSVP to emartin-craig@greencorps.org and pass the word!
Saddened that you can't come? Take one minute to sign a public comment
card at http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/dusky_sharks_EC to protect
marine life now.
Elizabeth Martin-Craig
Environment America Field Organizer
Office: 504-525-1528 ext.200
Cell: 415-290-3593
emartin-craig@greencorps.org
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
COASTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION AUTHORITY
The meeting of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has been
scheduled for:
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
9:30 am - until
Department of Natural Resources
LaSalle Building (LaBelle Room)
617 North Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
If you need further information, please call
The Office of Coastal Activities at (225) 342-3968.
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Tulane Environmental Law Conference. April 4-5, Tulane University Law
School. Join an all-star line-up of lawyers, activists, industry
representatives, scientists, and professors at the 13th annual Tulane
Environmental Law Conference to discuss "Climate Change: In the Community
and in the Courtroom". For more information and to register, visit
http://www.tulanelawenviro.org/.
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include but are not limited to: Coastal Advisory Committee meetings,
volunteer opportunities, Governor's Advisory Commission meetings,other
meetings, conferences, workshops, symposiums and related wetland
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