General DNR News
MINERAL BOARD'S JANUARY 1997 REPORT ISSUED
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale January 8, 1997 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 1996-97 Fiscal Year totals.
COASTAL EXHIBIT PORTRAYS SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TOWARD RESTORATION
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) is proud to announce the completion of a new coastal restoration exhibit located in the department's lobby. The exhibit highlights various coastal restoration techniques, wetland functions and values, and other related Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) project information. The exhibit captures and features successful projects with outstanding photography and satellite imagery.
RECORD LEASE SALE REPORTED THIS DECEMBER BY MINERAL BOARD
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.
FIRST STAGE OF COASTAL PROJECT UNDERWAY IN ST. MARY PARISH
Engineering work on the Cote Blanche Hydrologic Restoration Project located in St. Mary parish is now underway announced Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Coastal Restoration Division officials today. Project manager Garrett Broussard said the project will protect nearly 5,000 acres of marsh. The project features seven low level weirs and 10,000 linear feet of rock dike along the project's southern boundary.
LEASE SALES ANNOUNCED FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale November 13, 1996 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 1996-97 Fiscal Year totals.
MATHIES SELECTED AS NATURAL RESOURCES DEPUTY SECRETARY
Steve Mathies, former director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) has been named Deputy Secretary of the state Department of Natural Resources. DNR Secretary Jack Caldwell said Mathies has excellent credentials to serve in this post. He said Mathies has been recognized and honored as Professional Conservationist of the Year in 1995 by the Louisiana and National Wildlife Federation.
COASTAL VEGETATION PLANTING PROGRAM: A GROWING SUCCESS
A renewed interagency agreement between the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry (DAF) will assist in revitalizing vegetation throughout the state's coastal areas. According to DNR's Project Manager Kenneth Bahlinger, the 1996-97 Vegetation Planting Program has reached its sixth year and has successfully used 330,000 marsh plants in over 111 sites in coastal Louisiana.
STATE MINERAL BOARD CONDUCTS OCTOBER LEASE SALES
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale October 9, 1996 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 1996-97 Fiscal Year totals.
TEXACO AGREEMENT REJUVENATING OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
BATON ROUGE -- Jack Caldwell, secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, released to the State Mineral Board today a report on the 1994 Global Settlement Agreement between Texaco Inc. and the State of Louisiana saying the agreement is helping fuel the resurgence of the industry across South Louisiana.
COASTAL LOUISIANA RECEIVES OYSTER PROGRAM FUNDS FROM CONGRESS
The state's coastal restoration program will advance a big step forward with a $7.5 million appropriation recently approved by Congress. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary Jack Caldwell said that U.S. Congressmen Jimmy Hayes and Billy Tauzin led the pursuit for federal funding to help relocate oyster leases associated with the Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion project.