Louisiana infrastructure capacity-building project description: the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing $900,000 in federal funding to the state of louisiana through…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the State of Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This funding will build the capacity of Louisiana's federally approved coastal management program to plan and implement habitat restoration and conservation projects proposed through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Specifically, the DNR will partner with the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to engineer and design a fishing reef at Wonder Lake to enhance levee protection and address erosion. The fishing reef project will provide protection for communities in lower Terrebonne Parish and vulnerable portions of the state's levee system. The award has a performance period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.

Louisiana infrastructure capacity-building project description: the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing $900,000 in federal funding to the state of louisiana through the bipartisan infrastructure law. This funding will build the capacity of the states federally approved coastal management program within the louisiana department of energy and natural resources (DNER) to plan for and implement habitat restoration and conservation projects proposed through funding opportunities connected to the bipartisan infrastructure law. Specifically, louisiana DNER will partner with the louisiana coastal protection and restoration authority to engineer and design a fishing reef at wonder lake to enhance levee protection and address erosion. The fishing reef will provide protection for many communities in lower terrebonne parish, as well as providing protection to a vulnerable portion of the states levee system along the morganza to the gulf levee.