General DNR News
C.F. BEAN INC. LANDS BID FOR MISSISSIPPI DELTA PROJECT
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Restoration Center, has awarded a $114,000 contract to C.F. Bean, Inc. of Belle Chasse, La., to complete a wetlands restoration project that will help nourish the extensive delta wetlands in Plaquemines Parish.
DNR BEGINS LITTLE VERMILION BAY PROJECT TO PROTECT AND CREATE VALUABLE MARSHLAND
LITTLE VERMILION BAY -- At a site visit today, officials with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced work has begun on the Little Vermilion Bay Sediment Trapping Project that encompasses an area of 964 acres of marsh and open water.
ENGINEERING WORK BEGINS ON THREE COASTAL PROJECTS
Coastal managers at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have begun engineering design and construction plans on three coastal restoration projects. The projects located in Terrebonne, Vermilion, Iberia, and Cameron parishes feature water management techniques and altered hydrology to increase marshland, fish, and wildlife productivity.
MINERAL BOARD HOLDS JUNE 1999 LEASE SALE
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale June 9, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mineral Board Hearing Room located in the State Land and Natural Resources Building in Baton Rouge. Below are the preliminary results of the Lease Sale and 1998-99 Fiscal Year totals.
HOME LOAN PROGRAM OFFERS CASH-AT-CLOSING
A new program administered by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) offers financial incentives in the form of low-interest loans or actual cash payments for Louisiana residents who build new homes to high levels of energy efficiency or make energy improvements to existing homes at time of purchase or refinance.
RESEARCHERS GO DIGGING IN THE MARSH FOR SPECIAL PLANTS
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) in Lafayette will travel to the Salvador Wildlife Management Area in St. Charles Parish to collect plants indigenous to Louisiana marshlands for a study sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
VOTE BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MAKES STABLE FUNDING STREAM FOR COAST CLOSER TO REALITY
Baton Rouge – A stable revenue source to fund the Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Fund is one step closer to reality today with the unanimous vote of approval by members of the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee to free up annually two percent of the state’s net mineral income, plus $5 million, to be used for coastal restoration.
Y2K STATE TASK FORCE MEETING TOMORROW - DNR'S SONRIS/2000 IS READY, SET, COMPLIANT
Where is state government on Year 2000 computer operations? The answer to that question is not simple. Here is the road to that knowledge...
DNR RECEIVES COMPTIA AWARD FOR SONRIS/2000
CompTIA, the Computer Technology Industry Association, has awarded the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), a System Integration Award for its implementation of the SONRIS/2000 Imaging component. CompTIA, an industry trade association, has over 7,500 members from the computer industry.
KERMIT GOES TO WASHINGTON: JOINS CONGRESS TO SAVE COAST, CONSERVE WILDLIFE
BATON ROUGE, LA – Kermit the Frog is joining forces with members of Congress to help spread the word about Louisiana’s coastal crisis, the loss of 35 square miles a year of a unique ecosystem on the verge of collapse, and about federal legislation that could stop the dramatic loss of this national treasure.