Breaux Act Newsflash - Breaux Act Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Task Force Meeting
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Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Task Force Meeting
The CWPPRA Task Force will meet at 9:30 a.m. on February 8, 2006, at the
following location:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office
7400 Leake Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana
District Assembly Room
Task Force
Chair, Col. Richard Wagenaar
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. Sam Hamilton
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ms. Sidney Coffee
Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
Dr. Erik Zobrist
National Marine Fisheries Service
Mr. William Honker
Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Donald Gohmert
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Key Agenda Items
The Task Force will make a final selection of candidate and demonstration
projects for the 15th Priority Project List, based upon the Technical
Committee's recommendation.
PPL 15 Candidate Projects
Bayou Lamoque Freshwater Diversion (Plaquemines Parish)
Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation (Plaquemines Parish)
Venice Ponds Marsh Creation and Crevasses (Plaquemines Parish)
South Terrebonne Terracing (Terrebonne Parish)
Bird Island/Southwest Pass Marsh Creation and Shoreline Protection (Iberia
& Vermilion Parishes)
South Pecan Island Freshwater Introduction (Vermilion Parish)
Candidate project information may be found at:
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/cwppra_mission.htm
The Task Force will also approve Phase II funding for projects ready to
move to construction based upon the Technical Committee's recommendation.
Other regular business items may be added to the agenda. A draft agenda
will be posted prior to the meeting at the websites below and sent by
Breaux Act Newsflash email.
More information regarding CWPPRA activities may be found at:
www.lacoast.gov/cwppra/
or
www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/cwppra_mission.htm
If you have any questions, please call Ms. Julie Z. LeBlanc, at (504)
862-1597 or Mr. Chris Monnerjahn, at (504) 862-2415
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