By: Sean Ellis, HoumaToday.com September 13, 2016 http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20160913/ARTICLES/160919874/0/search The Morganza Action Coalition is expanding its grassroots advocacy work to include promoting flood protection into Lafourche Parish. The move, the coalition said, provides the entire region with a stronger voice for levee projects to protect the coastal communities. Representatives from the North Lafourche and South Lafourche […]
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MAC Expands Scope to Advocate for Lafourche Flood Protection
The Morganza Action Coalition (MAC) has announced that the group is expanding its grass-roots advocacy work to include promoting flood protection in neighboring Lafourche Parish, a move that provides our entire region with a stronger voice for levee projects to protect our coastal communities. Representatives of the North Lafourche and South Lafourche Levee Districts and […]
Morganza levee system gap nears completion
By: Sean Ellis, HoumaToday.com August 31, 2016 Terrebonne Parish officials are nearly finished connecting the massive Morganza-to-the-Gulf levee system, protecting the parish with 35 miles of continuous levees from Pointe-aux-Chenes to Bayou Dularge. The 9,000 foot-levee’s foundation, which crosses open water from Bayou Sale Road to Four Point Road near Cocodrie and Dulac, has already […]
“Going Public” video on HTV – with South Lafourche Levee District
South Lafourche Levee District General Manager Windell Curole disucsses the history of hurricanes in our region, including Hurricanes Katrina, Cindy, and Rita, and levee construction since those storms during this July 26, 2016 edition of the “Going Public” program on HTV. Segment 1: http://permalink.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?at=7cd792af5aee448f914de7adaa4c7dfb&a=4df83fd5293648d6bac53d692de076dc Segment 2: http://permalink.fliqz.com/aspx/permalink.aspx?at=e67757743b1143029b515c6f30edc935&a=4df83fd5293648d6bac53d692de076dc
Terrebonne, Lafourche parish officials show off levee improvements
By: Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com July 20, 2016 http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/07/terrebonne_lafourche_parish_of.html Officials with levee districts in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish briefed members of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board on the status of the Morganza to the Gulf and Larose to Golden Meadow hurricane levees on Wednesday (July 20). The authority board met at Nicholls State University […]
June 2016 MAC Newsletter
MAC Newsletter – June 29, 2016 By; Morganza Action Coalition View/Print in online newsletter format here
