Timeline
1989
July—Passage of Louisiana Act 6, establishing a trust fund for coastal restoration
1990
November—Passage of the
Breaux Act
1991
January—First
meeting of CWPPRA
Task Force
February—Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion begins operations
October—Approval of Priority Project List #1
1992
October—Priority Project List #2 approved with 15 restoration projects
1993
April—Breaux Act Task Force signs first cost-sharing agreements with the LA Department of Natural Resources
November—Breaux Act Task Force
submits Louisiana Coastal Wetlands
Restoration Plan, the state’s first
comprehensive restoration plan,
to Congress
1994
March—First project (West Hackberry Vegetative Planting Demonstration) completed
1995
June—First issue of
WaterMarks published
1996
August—Breaux Act
goes online at
www.lacoast.gov
Summer—CWPPRA Task Force shifts emphasis to “big picture” projects, with at least two-thirds of annual funding dedicated to projects affecting major portions of the coastal basins
1997
January—CWPPRA program submits first Program Evaluation Report to Congress
November—State’s Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan approved, reducing state cost share from 25 percent to 15 percent
1998
December—Coast 2050
published
1999
May—Section 905(b) Analysis Louisiana Coastal Area published, a Reconnaissance Report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2000
February—Work starts on Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study (LCA)
November—Breaux Act renewed until 2009
2001
August—Governor’s Coastal Summit convenes
2002
March—The Corps and state begin work on the Louisiana Coastal Area-Comprehensive Coastwide Ecosystem Restoration Study
Summer— The Breaux Act conducts the first cycle of Adaptive Management Review
July—Davis Pond
Freshwater Diversion
begins operations
2003
August—Breaux Act Task Force adopts the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System
November—Largest project to date, West Bay Sediment Diversion project completed
2004
August—Breaux Act
Task Force and
19 parish partners
receive Coastal America
2004 Partnership Award
December—Breaux Act renewed until 2019
2005
January—State of Louisiana and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers sign partnership agreement
for LCA, Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem
Restoration Study
