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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...
Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?
Sep 30, 2024If the West’s leaders wanted to take some water from the East, who would they even ask? Right now, there’s no national water agency that could oversee...
Announcing the 2024 Women of the Year & Nonprofit Organizations
Aug 26, 2024Honorees for the 2024 class of CityBusiness Women of the Year & Nonprofit Organizations have been selected. Women of the Year recognizes women fro...
As Gulf of Mexico Rises, Who Along Coast Is Most Vulnerable?
Aug 9, 2024Tropical Storm Alberto's surge washed over Shoreline Park this summer even though its eye struck hundreds of miles away in Mexico. Heavy April rains d...
Efforts underway to restore barrier islands vital to protecting Louisiana during hurricanes
Jul 25, 2024The Chandeleur Islands serve as a "first line of defense" for Louisiana against hurricanes, but the ancient shoals are vanishing. FOX Weather's Robert...
Chandeleur Islands to be submerged in 20 years if restoration efforts fall short, experts say
Jul 9, 2024Launching from a harbor in Biloxi, a handful of Louisiana-based restoration groups headed south for the Chandeleur Islands on Wednesday. The Louisiana...
Where seas are rising at alarming speeds
Apr 29, 2024As sea levels rise, experts say, there are many cities with outdated and overmatched infrastructure systems. “Storm water flooding is getting worse an...
On Our Watch Episode 29: Renee Collini of The Water Institute
Mar 27, 2024Up next on “On Our Watch: A podcast about coastal erosion in Louisiana” is the Institute’s Renee Collini, director of the Gulf Center for Equitable Cl...
On Our Watch
Mar 13, 2024A new “On Our Watch” episode is out featuring the Institute’s Jessica Henkel, Deputy Director to the Chief Scientist/Director of the RESTORE Act Cente...