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LA TIG Restoration Plan #4: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities and Nutrient Reduction

Implementing Organization

State of Louisiana; US Environmental Protection Agency

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$608,426

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Other

Project Actions

Planning

Targeted Resources

Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries

Project Description

This Restoration Plan (RP/EA #4) approved restoration projects aimed to improve water quality by reducing nutrients from nonpoint sources and to compensate for recreational use services lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To help restore for recreational use losses, the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) approved approximately $38 million in projects which emphasize the creation and enhancement of recreational opportunities, including fishing, beach-going, camping, and boating; public access to natural resources for recreational use; infrastructure for improved of recreational experiences; and educational and outreach components to help encourage the use and stewardship of natural resources. To address water quality injury, we approved approximately $9.5 million in projects designed to help restore and enhance water quality in Louisiana’s coastal watersheds by reducing nutrient and nonpoint source pollution runoff on agricultural lands, focusing on the following strategies: Nutrient Reduction on Dairy Farms (Two projects in three parishes); Nutrient Reduction on Crop and Grazing Lands; and Winter Water Holding on Cropland.

Contact

CPRA Baton Rouge Office
(225) 342-7308
latig@la.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

For official trustee information regarding the Deepwater Horizon NRDA, including information regarding the NRDA process and the status of projects, see https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/

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