BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Office of Tourism is unveiling Louisiana Sunshine Magazine to promote the state to leisure travelers. “We want our visitors to feel right at home by sharing our locals’ insider tips and favorite spots to fish,…
NEW ORLEANS - A new study co-authored by a Tulane University geoscientist shows that human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean. The paper, published in…
NEW ORLEANS – With the 43rd annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic less than one month away, race officials with the Crescent City Fitness Foundation announced the goal of raising $1 million for local nonprofits at this year’s virtual…
NEW ORLEANS – Blue Krewe and the City of New Orleans have announced that Drop Mobility has been selected as the vendor to provide e-assist bikes and software for the relaunch of the city's "Blue Bikes" bike share program. Blue…
METAIRIE - The Jefferson Chamber will host the Tour de Jefferson from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 18. The event will begin and end at Estelle Playground, 5801 Leo Kerner, Lafitte Pkwy. in Marrero. "We're thrilled to…
NEW ORLEANS - Scientists from Tulane University are part of an international team of researchers whose study of the 2018 eruption of the Sierra Negra volcano in the Galápagos Islands provides information about future volcanic activity on the islands. Their…
NEW ORLEANS — Last week, the Army Corps of Engineers released an environmental impact statement for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. This Louisiana Coastal Master Plan project hopes to reconnect the Mississippi River to adjacent wetlands to build and maintain tens…
NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana oil and gas and petrochemical industries had to play defense this week. First, Attorney General Jeff Landry announced plans to publicly authorize a $100 million settlement with oil and gas company Freeport McMoRan Inc. A…
GRAND ISLE, La. – The Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative planted over 500 Louisiana Irises on the Nature Conservancy’s Lafitte Woods Preserve nature trail. The LICI organized the iris restoration project with the Grand Isle Nature Conservancy, the Grand Isle Garden…
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana State Bond Commission approved up to $300 million in borrowing Thursday for construction projects. The bonds will fund about $288 million in lines of credit, of which $250 million is for state projects, $29 million…
NEW ORLEANS — The first virtual iteration of Cook-Off for the Coast - a project of Restore the Mississippi River Delta, Vanishing Paradise, the Meraux Foundation, the Saint Bernard Parish Coastal Division, St. Bernard Parish Tourism and the Southern Food…
BATON ROUGE – The federal government has proposed building a levee system that could give residents of seven southeast Louisiana parishes the same level…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana is getting $26.7 million as part of a $366 million project to restore coastal marshland and defend against hurricanes, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced Tuesday. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, or RESTORE Council,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Aiming to increase the numbers of oysters spawning in public waters, Louisiana is taking steps to forbid harvesting on four artificial reefs. The reefs are east of the Mississippi River in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oyster harvesters and a state agency are trying to find the reason for the death of millions of pounds of oysters in some Louisiana harvesting areas in January. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports that harvesters believe…
NEW ORLEANS — The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana has announced its 2021 board membership and leadership. The organization, which was founded in 1988, has brought public awareness to the state’s coastal land loss crisis and helped craft solutions to…
NEW ORLEANS - When the city’s next bikeshare program launches later this year, it won’t be using the same motorized blue bikes that disappeared from local streets last May. Those were shipped out of…
NEW ORLEANS - The City Park Improvement Association has announced that Cara Lambright will become the next chief executive officer of the 167 year-old park starting this February. "We are starting 2021 with a clear and progressive plan for the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal agency is proposing $2 billion in improvements to the levee system that protects against hurricane flooding along portions of seven parishes in south Louisiana. The Army Corps of Engineers plans virtual public meetings Tuesday…
NEW ORLEANS - Ian Shaw is the newest junior account manager at Mullin, a comprehensive landscape design, build and maintenance firm. Shaw has worked in the industry for more than 10 years. Mullin aims to help its customers "shape the…
NEW ORLEANS - The nonprofit Pontchartrain Conservancy has announced its 2021 board of directors. Officers are Patricia Meadowcroft (chair), Marcia St Martin (vice chair), Ben Caplan (secretary) and Amy Cohen (treasurer). Directors are Michael…
NEW ORLEANS — After being shut down since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program has resumed shell collection at its partner restaurants in New Orleans. The program kicked off…
NEW ORLEANS - Biz New Orleans magazine – a national award-winning monthly business publication – will publish the inaugural edition of the New Orleans 500, a book profiling influential leaders in greater New Orleans. Click here to submit a nomination. The New Orleans…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell joined other city officials last week to celebrate the opening of the $1.9 million Lafitte Greenway Clubhouse. The new clubhouse is home to a 1,570-square-foot concession and restroom facility along with storage space and…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans will continue its Christmas tree recycling program in an effort to restore and protect the Louisiana coastline. Orleans Parish residents are encouraged to recycle their Christmas trees by placing them at the…
NEW ORLEANS — The City’s Parks and Parkways Department, which manages more than 2,000 acres of New Orleans’ public green space, next week welcomes a new director, Michael Karam, after the retirement of the current director, Ann Macdonald. “For nearly…
NEW ORLEANS – Pontchartrain Conservancy, a leader in coastal sustainability, water quality and environmental education for more than three decades, is pleased to announce that the Joe W. & Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation has awarded Executive Director Kristi Trail with…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Hunting was a big part of Zane Goucher's youth, when he pursued whitetail deer and ruffed grouse in the Maine woods with his father. He eventually drifted away from the sport but has returned after…
NEW ORLEANS - Restore the Mississippi River Delta will host “Closed for Storm: Jazzland, the MRGO and Louisiana’s Coastal Crisis,” a virtual panel to discuss how storms and coastal land loss have impacted communities and what can happen to restore…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell joined other officials to celebrate the completion of the $1.2 million clubhouse for the Eastshore Playground in the New Orleans East communities of Eastshore and Little Woods. The project team featured Chase Marshal Architects,…
