Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) released the following statement yesterday regarding a $3.2 million Center of Excellence Research Grant for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA)’s partnership with the Water Institute of the Gulf (the Water Institute).
The grant is funded under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) and it is CPRA’s second grant in this category.
“Restoring the coast and protecting our communities from hurricanes is not just about dumping dirt along the coast. The Mississippi River system literally created our state and it is integral to saving us. This partnership between the CPRA and the Water Institute helps to ensure that we are building upon our successes and only make the same mistake once. We have got to get this right to truly save our coast and save our coastal communities. This investment helps to make that happen, ” Graves said.
About the Program and Grant
The goal of the program is to provide timely, robust, and actionable research findings to improve understanding of coastal and deltaic system dynamics with relevance to Coastal Master Plan implementation; and to generate data, models and other tools which can be used to improve restoration and management of activities that support sustainable and resilient coastal ecosystems and communities within Louisiana.
This new grant award will:
The scope of work will focus on four of the five eligible disciplines: