Related Links
- CWPPRA Task Force Members
- Louisiana Environmental
- National (U.S.) Environmental
- International Environmental
- Estuary Programs
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CWPPRA Task Force Members
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
State of Louisiana Governor's Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - New Orleans District
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of the Interior
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- National Wetlands Research Center
- Louisiana HydroWatch - Water Resources Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- EPA Region 6
- Wetlands Fact Sheets
- Environmental Protection Agency -- Surf Your Watershed - A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information about your place.
- Environmental Protection Agency's Wetlands Homepage
- Environmental Protection Agency -- National Estuary Program
Louisiana Environmental Web Sites
America's WETLAND: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana
BTNEP - Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana - Addresses and advocates the restoration and preservation of the Mississippi River Delta.
Coast 2050 - Learn more about how the Coast 2050 Plan is being used to guide ecosystem restoration in Barataria Basin, Louisiana.
CREST - Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology
GORP-Louisiana Resource Listings - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District
LCA (Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana Ecosystem Restoration - Comprehensive Coastwide Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study)
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Louisiana Statewide Geographic Information System - Atlas Louisiana Statewide GIS
The Louisiana Chaper of The Nature Conservancy
Marsh Mission - Two artists working to save Louisiana's wetlands
Nutria.com - Information about nutria and the Coastwide Nutria Control Program
USGS Fact Sheet - The Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Louisiana's Troubled Urban Estuary
USGS Fact Sheet : Barrier Islands: A Vanishing Resource
USGS Fact Sheet - Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: A Resource At Risk
USGS Fact Sheet - Hurricane Impacts on the Coastal Environment
Save Louisiana Wetlands - A Vanishing American Treasure - Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Restoration and Management
Save Our Lake - The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
WETMAAP - Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography
U.S. Environmental Web Sites
Bridge - Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center.
Dynamics of the Salt Marsh - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
National Wildlife Federation - The Florida Everglades
National Wildlife Refuge Association
National Audubon Society - Organization whose focus is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems
National Wetlands Inventory - established to generate information about the characteristics, extent and status of the Nation's wetlands and deepwater habitats.
North Carolina State University - Wetlands Information
NRCS Watershed Projects - Working to conserve natural resources on private lands
Restore America's Estuaries - working together . . . saving our coastal heritage
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
The Wetlands Regulatory Center - List of federal and state regulations as well as pending legislation.
WETMAAP - Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography
USGS Fact Sheet - Hurricane Impacts on the Coastal Environment
International Environmental Web Sites
Stop Disasters! A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR. Learn how to keep natural hazards from becoming disasters.
White Water To Blue Water Initiative- Partnerships for the Wider Caribbean Region
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - The Convention's mission is the conservation and wise use of wetlands by national action and international cooperation as a means to achieving sustainable development throughout the world.
World Environmental Organization - a nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of Earth's limited and threatened natural resources
Estuary Program Web Sites
BTNEP - Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program - Louisiana
Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program - Massachusetts
CALFED Bay-Delta Program - California Bay-Delta Estuary
Center for the Inland Bays - Protecting and Preserving Delaware's Inland Bays
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
Chesapeake Bay Program - Maryland
The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology at the University of New Hampshire
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Texas
Galveston Bay Estuary Program - Texas
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Wetland and Environmental Publications
USGS Studies of Louisiana Coastal Erosion and Wetland Loss (DDS-79)
An assortment of USGS scientific reports, atlases, and maps of Louisiana detailing the rates and processes of barrier erosion, geologic framework, storm effects, and wetland loss over the past century.USGS Bibliography of References Pertaining to Offshore Sand Resources (OFR 03-300)
A summary of important scientific references to US offshore sand and gravel resource studies.Cowardin, Lewis M., Virginia Carter, Francis C. Golet, and Edward T. La Roe. Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States.1985.
National Wetlands Inventory Center Publications. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Impact of Federal Programs on Wetlands, Volume II: Introduction. United States Fish and Wildlife Service/ Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC). July 9, 1996.
Wetland and Environmental Articles
Mr. Bill Tapped to Help Save La. Swamps
By Cain Burdeau Associated Press Writer January 21, 2004Breaux GOES
U.S. Senate centrist hasn’t disclosed future plans
The Advertiser December 16, 2003Home Is Where the Flood Is
1 in 3 stay put in big hurricane
The Times-Picayune November 22, 2003Plan For Saving Our Coast
KPLC August 15, 2003Losing Ground: Wetland’s demise ripples across nation
Louisiana’s vanishing coast hurting economy
The AdvertiserWetlands experts
Local erosion is a national problem
ESPN August 1, 2003Houston oil giant backs research project on Louisiana wetlands
Houston Business Journal July 14, 2003Delta Danger
Southern Louisiana Keeps Sinking; in Some Cases, Below Sea Level
ABCNews July 13, 2003. Copy hosted by stevequayle.comLouisiana's Coastal Marshes are Melting Away
Drowning the delta.
WildFowlTrappers Take Aim At a Marsh Menace
Ever-Pregnant Nutrias Threaten Bay
Washington PostBills aim to hold oyster suits in check
Large awards hurt coastal erosion fight
The Times-PicayuneOil industry pumps up oyster farms
Leaseholders find a golden goose
The Times-PicayuneOyster farmers initially backed project
Fresh water seen as saving grace
The Times-PicayuneAffixing value to beds a slippery affair
Worth is murky under water
The Times-PicayuneShell Games
The Times-PicayuneCoastal Louisiana gets that sinking feeling
The Christian Science MonitorLa.'s "national treasure" needs federal help
The Advocate Aug 24, 2001 (Abstract)The Big Easy on the Brink by Adam Cohen
Time.comMeet the New Huck by Walter Kirn
Time.com