This week Louisiana is celebrating the organizations around the state working proactively toward a more sustainable and resilient coast.
Gov. John Bel Edwards officially proclaimed April 24th – April 28th as Coastal Industry Week.
Edwards said Louisiana’s future depends on the hundreds of organizations and companies working tirelessly to design, build, and operate projects that will restore our fading coast.
Louisiana has invested over $21.4 billion in coastal protection and restoration projects since 2007, benefitting 55,807 acres of habitat (87.2 square miles), 369 miles of levee improvements, and 71.6 miles of barrier islands and headlands. Louisiana’s coastal industry offers a wide variety of employment opportunities with higher than average state wages, including engineers, scientists, contractors, advocates and more. Driven by CPRA’s Coastal Master and Annual Plans, it will support almost 9,000 jobs statewide with $578 million in labor income in Fiscal Year 2024 according to GNO Inc.
