NEW ORLEANS – On Friday, March 24, five new pickleball courts will make their debut at City Park Tennis Center. The facility’s center court has been permanently reconfigured to house four dedicated courts for the increasingly popular sport that combines…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: The CRCL is celebrating the success of its partnership with the EPA’s Communities Restoring Urban Swamp Habitat (CRUSH) project, which concludes this month after volunteers finish planting more than 11,000…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court has struck down a federal fisheries management rule requiring operators of privately owned charter boats in the Gulf of Mexico to equip their vessels with tracking devices, a victory for a group of…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is seeking nominations for its annual Coastal Stewardship Awards, which will be presented during this year’s State of the Coast conference in New Orleans. The awards have been given annually…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must consult with federal fisheries experts on the effects of opening a spillway that protects New Orleans from Mississippi River flooding, but threatens coastal…
NEW ORLEANS — Roughly 1,200 business and civic leaders attended the 2023 Greater New Orleans Inc. Annual Meeting on Jan. 13 at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. Dubbed “GNO United,” the gathering included a review of economic development wins from…
NEW ORLEANS – From the City Park Conservancy: On Jan. 16, City Park Conservancy will kick off 2023 with a park-wide volunteer event. The Annual Day of Service in New Orleans City Park coincides with the National Day of Service…
NEW ORLEANS — From the Audubon Nature Institute: The recent cold weather has had a devastating impact on endangered sea turtles, and as a result Audubon Coastal Wildlife Network is taking care of 18 endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and…
NEW ORLEANS – Last week, Pontchartrain Conservancy partnered with Valero to plant 500 bald cypress, live oak and water tupelo seedlings in the Bayou Dupre central wetlands area of St. Bernard Parish. Pontchartrain Conservancy is a nonprofit that focuses on…
AVONDALE, La (press release) – The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission (JEDCO) launched a new small business lending program to support the historically under-served seafood industry. Tailored to meet the specific needs of commercial fishermen and fisheries-related industries, the Seafood…
NEW ORLEANS – City Park Conservancy has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 Healthy Communities Grant by Keep Louisiana Beautiful, an anti-litter and community improvement organization. The $8,000 grant will support CPC’s litter reduction and recycling education efforts.…
NEW ORLEANS — The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, a statewide nonprofit dedicated to confronting coastal land loss in Louisiana, has completed the first phase of its fifth oyster reef using shell collected through its Oyster Shell Recycling Program. The…
NEW YORK (AP) — The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in mud and sand, disrupting river travel for shippers, recreational boaters and even passengers on a cruise line. Lack of rainfall…
NEW ORLEANS – On Sept. 7, U.S. Rep. Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) was joined by students, coaches and local officials at George Washington Carver High School as he presented a check for $3 million to the 9th Ward Stadium Project,…
NEW ORLEANS – A year and half after New Orleans City Park CEO Cara Lambright began her tenure, the 170-year-old park has announced big changes to the way it will be managed and operated. The City Park Improvement Association announced…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana is warning about the "coastal fiscal cliff" looming a decade from now, when money for coastal work from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dries up. A PAR…
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and City of New Orleans have announced a $5 million expansion of the Community Adaptation Program for low-to-moderate-income homeowners to manage stormwater on their properties across the city. To date, NORA…
NEW ORLEANS — From the University of New Orleans: With the goal of accelerating the growth of the state’s wind energy innovation ecosystem, supporting emerging companies, spurring the development of novel technologies and supplying trained professionals to the rapidly expanding…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries' Shrimp Task Force meeting Wednesday featured an update on federal proposals to develop wind energy leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials with the federal Bureau of…
VACHERIE, La. — The Louisiana River Parishes Tourist Commission and American Cruise Lines have announced a partnership that means there will be a River Parishes stop for some of the company’s Louisiana voyages. Officials expect there to be roughly 40…
NEW ORLEANS — Pontchartrain Beach Foundation co-founder Guy Williams said there are two things that need to happen to bring an operating beach back to the site of the long-closed amusement park at the lake end of Elysian Fields Avenue.…
NEW ORLEANS — On July 18, the Pontchartrain Beach Foundation announced it has submitted a proposal to obtain a lease for the Pontchartrain Beach site and develop it into a "passive recreation and ecological education area for the public." The…
BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed Dennis G. Lambert to the Water Resources Commission. Lambert is a benefit-cost analyst for flood mitigation for Innovative Emergency Management Inc. He will serve as an engineer with expertise in ground…
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana (AP) — The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris: remnants of cabinets and chunks of pink shower. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles after hurricanes tore through…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades of work haven’t shrunk the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting that this year's will be about…
NEW ORLEANS — On June 1, Le Sanctuary Inc., the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, local elected officials and others hosted the “Can You See Me Now?” Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Forum at Neyow’s Palace in Mid-City. The objective of the event…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seventeen years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has completed an extensive system of floodgates, strengthened levees and other protections. The 130-mile (210-kilometer) ring is designed to hold out storm surge of about…
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — Louisianans may soon have the authority to wrestle catfish out of the water with their bare hands after the Senate approved a bill to allow "noodling" in the Pelican State. The Senate unanimously approved…
NEW ORLEANS — Entrepreneurs will compete for $15,000 in cash prizes as they pitch their solutions to the most pressing water-related issues facing the greater New Orleans community at the Water Challenge by Propeller and Thrive New Orleans. The event…
NEW ORLEANS — Tyler Bosworth, an expert on coastal issues and policy, will join the team at Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana on June 27. His title will be advocacy director. Bosworth is a native of Baton Rouge and a…
