Conducting Data Inventory and Needs Assessment in Orleans Parish for Living Shoreline

Recipient: Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Grant Amount: $1,142,480 Matching Funds: $114,000

This award will perform data inventory and needs assessment, land ownership investigation, survey and geotechnical investigations, cultural resources investigation, alternatives analysis, and preliminary design of living shoreline features. Once implemented, the project will protect shoreline from wind-induced wave erosion, sustain and augment fisheries habitat, buffer against storms, and limit wave fetch to reduce vegetation loss.

For more information on the grant program funding this project, please visit the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law webpage. For more information on the National Coastal Resilience Fund, visit National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s website.