Breaux Act Newsflash - January 2007 Monthly Newsflash
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ATTENTION: Change in Upcoming Meeting
The 1st Quarter CWPPRA Task Force for Thursday, 15 Feb 07, 9:30
a.m.(originally Jan 31, 2007) at the LDWF Louisiana Room in Baton Rouge,
will be relocated to NEW ORLEANS. The new location will be at the USACE
OFFICE:
Task Force Meeting
Thursday, 15 Feb 07, 9:30 am
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office
7400 Leake Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
District Assembly Room
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The Comprehensive Coastal Protection Master Plan for Louisiana
Preliminary Draft is available at:
http://louisianacoastalplanning.org/prelim_draft.html
A direct link to the newsletter is available at this URL:
http://louisianacoastalplanning.org/documents/CPRA_Newsletter_vol_1_issue_5.pdf
Newsletters, past, present, and future, may be downloaded directly
from the web page:
http://louisianacoastalplanning.org/pubs.html
Upcoming events and other pertinent documents are also available from
the CPRA-IPT website:
http://louisianacoastalplanning.org
Public comments on the Preliminary Draft may also be sent in to be
received by January 5th, 2007. Submit your comments here or email your
comments to comments@louisianacoastalplanning.org. You may also mail your
comments to:
CPRA-IPT
DNR
PO BOX 94396
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9396
[ The CPRA Web site is now at http://www.lacpra.org/ ]
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
CWPPRA RPT Meeting
January 9, 2007 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Region 4 - Calcasieu/Sabine and Mermentau Basin
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Rockefeller Refuge (Camp next to Headquarters Building) Grand Cheniere,
just South of Highway 82
Contact Info: Julie LeBlanc at 504-862-1597 or
Julie.Z.LeBlanc@mvn02.usace.army.mil
CWPPRA RPT Meeting
January 10, 2007 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Region 3 Terrebonne, Atchafalaya and Teche/Vermilion Basin
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Morgan City Auditorium West Concourse 728 Myrtle St. Morgan City, La
Contact Info: Julie LeBlanc at 504-862-1597 or
Julie.Z.LeBlanc@mvn02.usace.army.mil
CWPPRA RPT Meetings (Regions 1&2)
January 11, 2007 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Region 1 (Pontchartrain Basin)& Region 2 (Breton, Barataria, and
Mississippi River Basin) NOTE* Region 2 starts at 9 am. Region 1 starts at
1 pm
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Army Corps of Engineers - New Orleans District, District Assembly Room
7400 Leake Ave. New Orleans, La
For more information, contact Julie LeBlanc at 504-862-1597 or
Julie.Z.LeBlanc@mvn02.usace.army.mil
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13th Meeting of the Mississippi River Basin/Gulf of Mexico Watershed
Nutrient Task Force
January 11, 2007
Sheraton Crystal City Hotel
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
703-486-1111
www.epa.gov/msbasin/news/index.htm
Contacts: gia.grier@tetratech-ffx.com
The Task Force will discuss the ongoing reassessment of the 2001 Action
Plan for Reducing, Controlling, & Mitigating Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf
of Mexico.
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BTNEP 39th Management Conference Meeting
January 18, 2007 9:00 AM
Nicholls State University Campus, Student Union, Plantation Room
For more information, contact Sandra Helmuth, 985-447-0868,
sandra@btnep.org
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Call for Abstracts
CNREP 2007: Challenges of Natural Resource Economics & Policy
2nd National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems
Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy Announces Call for
Abstracts
The Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy (CNREP) is announcing
a Call for Abstracts for CNREP 2007: Challenges of Natural Resource
Economics & Policy, the 2nd National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in
Coastal Systems.
The conference is scheduled for May 20-23, 2007, in New Orleans,
Louisiana. The conference focus will include opportunities and challenges
of socioeconomic research in developing coastal zone management policy.
Potential session topics include, but are not limited to, market and
nonmarket valuation of coastal resources, environmental benefit-cost
analyses, economic linkage/impact assessment, input-output modeling, and
comparative assessments of resource management and restoration policy.
Basic and applied research, extension-oriented, and policy discussion
submissions are all welcome.
The deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2007.
For more information, go to: http://www.cnrep.lsu.edu/2007/abstracts.htm
www.CNREP.lsu.edu
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Coastal Advisory Committee Meetings (CZM)
Following is a list of scheduled meetings held by coastal advisory
committees. Meetings are open to the public. Some of these meetings are
only for the advisory committee while others are a component of the
regularly scheduled parish council meetings.
Terrebonne Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 8, 2007 5:30 PM
Terrebonne Parish Government
8026 Main Street, Houma, Terrebonne Parish Government Building
Administration Conference Room on the 7th Floor
Contact Info: Leslie Suazo (985)873-6889 or lsuazo@tpcg.org
Cameron Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 2007 6:00 PM
Please call for date & location
Cameron Parish Government
Contact Info: Tammy Trahan at tt_cppj@camtel.net
Lafourche Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 16 , 2007 7:00 PM
Lafourche Parish Government
Lafourche Port Commission Building, Galliano, La
Contact Info: Cullen Curole 985-446-8427 or
parishadministrator@lafourchegov.org
Plaquemines Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 17 , 2007
Plaquemines Parish Government
Engineering building, 102 Avenue G, Belle Chasse, LA
Contact Info: Andrew MacInnes at (504) 297-5320
Andrew_MacInnes@cmaaccess.com
St. James Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 31, 2007 6:00 PM
St. James Parish Government
Convent Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Council Chambers
Contact Info: Jody Chenier at (225) 562-2262 or jody.chenier@stjamesla.com
St Charles Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 25, 2007 7:00 PM
St. Charles Parish Government
Parish Council Chambers, 15045 River Road, Harahan
Contact Info: Earl Matherne at (985)783-5060 or ematherne@stcharlesgov.net
St Bernard Parish Coastal Advisory Committee Meeting
January 31, 2007 5:00 PM
St Bernard Parish Government
Council Trailer (currently), former;y at Council Chamber
8201 W Judge Perez Dr. Chalmette, La 70043
Contact Info: Charles Reppel or Mandy Dobronich
504-278-4287 or 504-442-1452 (mobile)
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