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Press Releases
St. Mary Parish and St. Mary Excel Partner with The Water Institute on Strategic Plan for Atchafalaya River Coastal Hub
Aug 27, 2025The Water Institute, in partnership with St. Mary Parish Government and St. Mary Excel, today announced the release of the strategic plan for the Atch...
State of the Coast hosts speakers who shaped post-Katrina strategy, spill settlement
Mar 20, 2025This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 15th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, milestones that have p...
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...
In the News
The Complex Decision-Making Required to Save Louisiana’s Coast
Sep 26, 2025Last week, Beaux Jones and environmental author Boyce Upholt had a compelling conversation with Duke Reiter on the 10 Across Podcast about the challen...
Arch Plan Offers Ways to Make St. Mary Stronger
Aug 28, 2025Local officials are urging St. Mary residents to get behind an effort to make the parish better able to withstand natural disasters, social and econom...
Talk Louisiana Interviews Beaux Jones and Samsun Knight
Jul 29, 2025On Tuesday, July 29, President and CEO of The Water Institute, Beaux Jones, was interviewed by Jim Engster on Talk Louisiana to discuss the history of...
Scars and storms: Two project teams work to conserve and restore seagrass beds across the Gulf
Jul 16, 2025Scientists on the ChIRPS team are using remotely sensed imagery from satellites to detect changes in seagrass cover over time. The regular monitoring ...