Press Releases

American Planning Association Recognizes Resilient Jacksonville with National Planning Award for Resilience and Sustainability

Oct 23, 2024

BATON 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, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (October 1, 2024) – The Water Institute announced the hiring of nonprofit leader Jennifer Winstead as its Vice President of Mission A...

United Houma Nation Receives $56.5 M Climate Resilience Grant From U.S. Dept. of Commerce and NOAA

Jul 26, 2024

HOUMA, 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, 2024

BATON 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...

RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana awards third round of grants

Jun 24, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (June 24, 2024) – Today, the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) announced the third round of two-year grants to ...

The Water Institute board appoints new officers during March meeting

Apr 11, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (April 11, 2024) The Water Institute welcomes new board chairman Merritt Lane succeeding long-time chairman Kevin Reilly Jr. who will...

Updates from The Water Institute: April 9, 2024

Apr 9, 2024

The Water Institute is an independent, non-profit, applied research institution advancing science and developing integrated methods to solve complex e...

Register now for the Policy Forum on Nature-Based Solutions, Feb. 7-8

Feb 1, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 1, 2024) – Virtual registration is open for the Network for Engineering with Nature and the National Academy of Sciences' Gulf ...

Newly released Avian Data Monitoring Portal available to public and researchers

Jan 11, 2024

BATON ROUGE, La. (Jan. 11, 2024) – A newly released Avian Data Monitoring Portal brings together more than a decade of aerial survey photos along the ...

ICYMI: Mobile releases Resilience Assessment and announces public planning meeting

Jan 9, 2024

MOBILE, ALA. (Jan. 9, 2024) – After more than a year working alongside The Water Institute and other local partners, the City of Mobile has released i...

A look back at 2023: The Water Institute

Dec 29, 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, we wanted to take a look back and celebrate a year of accomplishments, partnerships, and collaborations toward our mission o...

Save the Date: RFP 3 RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana

Dec 20, 2023

The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) will be releasing a third Request for Proposals (RFP) in early 2024 and is encouraging coa...