Breaux Act Newsflash - Expert Panel to Address Community Concerns on MRGO Wetland Restoration
Expert Panel to Address Community Concerns on MRGO Wetland RestorationChalmette, LA -- With hurricane season heating up, the Army Corps of
Engineers, levee board and parish government officials, environmental
organizations, and community leaders will meet on Tuesday to answer
questions on efforts to restore wetlands destroyed by the Mississippi
River Gulf Outlet and increase storm protection.
The forum is being coordinated by the MRGO Must Go coalition. Free dinner
will be served.
WHAT:
St. Bernard Parish Community Forum
WHO:
Timothy Doody (Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
President)
William McCartney (St. Bernard Parish Coastal Zone Management
Administrator)
John Lopez (Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Coastal Sustainability
Program Director)
Greg Miller (U.S. Army Corps Senior Project Manager)
Ron Chapman (NUNEZ Associate Professor of History)
William Hyland (St. Bernard Parish Historian)
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 11th
6:30-8:30pm
WHERE:
St. Bernard Council on Aging (next to government complex)
8201 A. West Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, Louisiana
**Interview Opportunities**
The MRGO Must GO coalition is a group of 17 environmental, community, and
social justice organizations working together to restore and protect
Coastal Louisiana and the people who reside there. Contact Amanda Moore,
National Wildlife Federation for more information: (225) 229-1944.
MRGO Must Go Coalition members include: American Rivers, CAWIC, Coalition
to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Environmental Defense Fund, Global Green,
Gulf Restoration Network, Holy Cross Neighborhood Association, Lake
Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, Levees.org, Louisiana Environmental Action
Network, Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper,
Lower Ninth Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, MQVN
Community Development Corporation, National Audubon Society, National
Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club - Delta Chapter.
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