Discussion on how the state will use hurricane-generated wood waste debris for wetland restoration. Learn how three projects in coastal Louisiana will be designed to help protect specific outlying marsh areas.

The benefits of a proposed breakwaters and sand management plan for marshes in Cameron Parish will be discussed at a public meeting held by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Coastal Restoration division on Wednesday, April 19, 2000 at 5 p.m. at the Police Jury Building, 110 Smith Circle.

The Louisiana Office of Conservation is developing new rules allowing for the limited re-use of waste water from oil and natural gas exploration and production operations for drilling operations in the Haynesville Shale area.

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle will be visiting two Lafayette middle schools on Wednesday, April 22, to teach a lesson on DNR’s role in the environment to 8th grade science classes.

The Governor's Office of Coastal Activities and the La. Dept. of Natural Resources announced today the schedule of events for state government officials meeting with President Bush's top environmental advisors. The group will meet in New Orleans, Port Fourchon in LaFourche Parish, and in Baton Rouge.

State Mineral Board secretary Gus Rodemacher announced that this month's lease sale was the largest sale since the November 1984 lease sale when a record $12,461,582 was reported. He said the December 1996 lease sale totaled $9,683,021.

"SAVE LOUISIANA WETLANDS," a picturesque and informative exhibit produced by the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is now on display through June in the State Capitol Memorial Hall near the entrance to the Senate Chambers.

Members of the Louisiana Mineral Board elected new officers for the upcoming year at its August meeting. David "Hal" Stiel, III of Franklin was named chairman of the state Mineral Board and Tom Arnold, Jr. of Harvey was elected vice-chairman. Stiel was appointed to the Mineral Board in 1996 while Arnold was appointed in 1997 by Governor Foster.

Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation James H. Welsh has issued two new permanent rules and a new policy which combine to give Louisiana some of the most stringent oil and gas drilling safety rules in the country.