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Melissa Baustian Receives 2018 Coastal Stewardship Award
Jun 7, 2018Melissa Baustian, adjunct professor in the Department Of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, was awarded the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s 2...
Letters: Water summit a great success
Jun 4, 2018I write to express my gratitude to the Baton Rouge community for the success of the first annual Ten Across Water Summit, which was held on May 16 and...
'Louisiana's moment' for coastal restoration, protection: Gov. Edwards
May 31, 2018"I actually believe this is Louisiana's moment," Gov. John Bel Edwards told those attending the 2018 State of the Coast conference on coastal restorat...
Edwards, Cantrell: No 'single day to waste' to save coast; 'This is Louisiana's moment'
May 30, 2018Mixing dire warnings about the urgent need for action to save Louisiana's disappearing coast with optimistic statements about the future, Gov. John Be...
Louisiana's State of the Coast Conference gears up
May 30, 2018NEW ORLEANS, La. - Louisiana's future depends on saving as much of the coast as possible, the mayor of New Orleans and the state's governor said Wedne...
Conference on coastal restoration set for New Orleans
May 26, 2018NEW ORLEANS, La. - Gov. John Bel Edwards will be a keynote speaker when a three-day conference dedicated to restoring and preserving Louisiana's coast...
Louisiana not alone in struggles with water management, Baton Rouge conference goers told
May 17, 2018Louisiana residents who worry about the health of their rivers, aquifers being drawn down to unsafe levels and infrastructure that protects some peopl...
Ten Across Water Summit dives into water issues facing cities across the US
May 17, 2018Sometimes in south Louisiana, we think we’re alone in dealing with rising sea levels, an eroding coastline and increasingly frequent catastrophic weat...
EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Swiss Readdresses Water Risk
May 16, 2018The U.S. state of Louisiana is under water risk pressure from all sides. Record flooding. Sea-level rise. Cities facing the possibility for eventua...
Ten Across Summit: Louisiana cities have to adapt to climate unpredictability
May 16, 2018While Houston and New Orleans continue rebuilding from hurricanes Harvey and Katrina, local, state and federal agencies must change their focus from p...
Launch: What's the Water Institute of the Gulf doing in Lafourche and Lake Charles?
May 15, 2018Anchored by a new building and a renewed sense of purpose, Baton Rouge’s Water Institute of the Gulf is turning its gaze to some rather enduring issue...
Tracking the River: Mississippi Model May Help Save Coast
Apr 17, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. — Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive repli...