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American Planning Association Recognizes Resilient Jacksonville with National Planning Award for Resilience and Sustainability
Oct 23, 2024BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Oct. 23, 2024) – The American Planning Association (APA) announced that the City of Jacksonville received the 2024 National Pl...
Prominent Nonprofit Leader Jennifer Winstead Joins The Water Institute as Vice President of Mission Advancement
Oct 1, 2024The Water Institute announced the hiring of nonprofit leader Jennifer Winstead as its Vice President of Mission Advancement. This newly established po...
United Houma Nation Receives $56.5 M Climate Resilience Grant From U.S. Dept. of Commerce and NOAA
Jul 26, 2024HOUMA, LOUISIANA (July 24, 2024) – Today the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced the ...
Community Resilience Center at The Water Institute releases strategic plan
Jul 9, 2024BATON ROUGE, La. (July 9, 2024) – The product of more than a year of working with a network of people and groups dedicated to making communities along...
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Louisiana's wetlands are priceless. This team is calculating what they're worth to the climate.
Jan 9, 2025Louisiana has more than three million acres of wetlands, vast expanses that teem with animals, trees, swamps, water and wildness. They're part of the ...
Louisiana’s Water Institute Wins National Award for Jacksonville Impact
Oct 24, 2024Launched in October 2023, the Resilient Jacksonville strategy is a comprehensive 50-year framework aimed at preparing the city for climate change, pop...
City of Jacksonville wins national award for resiliency strategy
Oct 23, 2024The city of Jacksonville has received a national award for its work to protect the city from flooding, intense heat and other severe weather. The city...
Experts join locals to plan for resilience lab
Oct 3, 2024Resilience Lab planning will begin this month, according to St. Mary Excel. Local stakeholders (a diversified group of community leaders) will be join...