MANDEVILLE — Beau Box Commercial Real Estate has announced it represented buyer Michael Mathews in the purchase of a 15,000-square-foot shopping center located at 3900 Hwy. 22 in Mandeville. Mathews, who is the owner of The Backpacker "adventure" retail stores,…
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is known for damming rivers and building levees to keep waterways at bay. But a new initiative seeks natural flood control solutions as climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather…
NEW ORLEANS — The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy announced it will host a Carousel of Culture event on Oct. 16 - 17 in City Park at the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn and Tricentennial Area. The cultural event will feature approximately…
NEW ORLEANS - From the University of New Orleans: UNO has received a $34,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create an urban bird habitat on campus and support educational programming connected to environmental conservation. The grant…
NEW ORLEANS - From New Orleans City Park CEO Cara Lambright: Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms to hit our state, decimated so many communities in southeast Louisiana. This is a difficult time for everyone in the storm’s path,…
NEW ORLEANS — There is "widespread, bipartisan support for action to address Louisiana’s urgent land loss crisis through sediment diversions and other science-based restoration efforts," according to a new poll of coastal Louisiana voters released today by Global Strategy Group (GSG)…
NEW ORLEANS – The reopening of Carousel Gardens and the return of special events are great news for New Orleans City Park – but new CEO Cara Lambright says support from the community will…
NEW ORLEANS – Pontchartrain Conservancy has created an Android and iOS app that will provide the public with the environmental nonprofit's weekly water quality sampling results. The Lake&Coast app will be available for download starting this August in celebration of…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) - John Sabo has been hired as the new director of the Tulane ByWater Institute. Sabo’s appointment is effective Aug. 1, 2021 when, in addition to leading the ByWater Institute, he will be a full professor…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The push to build solar plants in Louisiana has been drawing increasing scrutiny from state lawmakers and local officials, who say farmers fear being crowded out of land leases by solar companies with deeper pockets. The…
AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) — As storms grow more violent and Louisiana loses more of its coast, the family that makes Tabasco Sauce is fighting erosion in the marshland that buffers its factory from hurricanes and floods. Overall, the effort…
JEFFERSON, La. (press release) — Entergy has provided a $15,000 grant to the Pontchartrain Conservancy to support the nonprofit’s mission of driving environmental sustainability and stewardship through scientific research, education and advocacy. “We are grateful to Entergy for their ongoing…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Zip NOLA is opening this month at 301 Peavine Road in LaPlace. Featuring five ziplines constructed 60 feet above the Maurepas Swamp, Zip NOLA offers thrill-seeking visitors and nature lovers of all ages the chance…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — A group of more than 55 natural and physical scientists, engineers and social scientists with a combined 1,300 years of research and technical experience related to Louisiana’s coast have co-authored and signed a letter voicing…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana will spend $61.6 million in federal money on 16 flood risk reduction projects throughout the state, Gov. John Bel Edwards' office announced. The projects are part of officials’ plans to spend a $1.2 billion grant the state received…
(The Center Square) – A Louisiana Senate committee advanced legislation Wednesday that supporters said would ensure money collected for violations of coastal permits is dedicated to coastal restoration and protection. An attorney for parishes that are suing oil companies over…
BATON ROUGE – The James M. Cox Foundation has announced a $1.1 million grant to support wetlands conservation efforts along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. The planned project will include the construction of terracing and restoring the flow of sediment-rich water to…
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,…
