October 26, 2016 South Lafourche Levee District General Manager Windell Curole was the guest on the October 25, 2016 edition of HTV’s “Going Public” television program. In Segment 1, Curole narrated a video demonstrating the impacts of sea level rise on levees, and in Segement 2, he showed drone footage of the current South Lafourche […]
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MAC Newsletter – September 29, 2016
In this issue: MAC Expands Scope to Advocate for Flood Protection in Terrebonne and Lafourche SCIA Supports MAC MAC Secures Critical Changes to Permittng Timeline in House and Senate Versions of Water Bill MAC and Morganza Levee Updates Featured on September 27 Edition of “Going Public” View/Print/Share newsletter PDF here. View in online newsetter format […]
MAC and TLCD Representatives Discuss Levee Protection on HTV’s “Going Public”
Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District (TLCD) representatives and MAC Board members were guests on the September 27 edition of the “Going Public” local news program on HTV Channel 10. In Segment 1, TLCD Chairman Tony Alford and Executive Director Reggie Dupreshowed and described drone footage of current and completed work on reaches of the Morganza to the […]
Morganza Action Coalition expands fight against flooding to Lafourche
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 […]
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 […]
