General DNR News
COASTAL PROGRAM ACCELERATES WITH LAND AGREEMENT APPROVAL
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Assistant Secretary Katherine Vaughan's most recent accomplishment has been attaining approval from the House and Senate Natural Resources committees of the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company's (LL&E) agreement to donate land to the state for a number of planned restoration projects. She said the approval marks the way for the state's coastal program to begin a $5.5 million reclamation project that will benefit 2,500 acres of marsh.
LOUISIANA WETLANDS UPDATE HEARD BY WHITE HOUSE STAFF
The state's coastal restoration and management leaders recently met with a White House working group to discuss past, present, and future coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana. The Breaux Act Task Force chairman Colonel William Conner of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led the discussion as other federal agency representatives also participated.
DNR SECRETARY GIVEN SPECIAL HONOR BY US DOE
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Jack Caldwell was honored Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for his demonstrated commitment to natural resource conservation and environmental protection.
STATE TO CARRY OUT NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENERGY CODE
Governor M. J. "Mike" Foster Jr. and state and federal officials gathered Tuesday for a ceremonial signing of Louisiana's new commercial building energy conservation code. A blue- ribbon panel of citizens and public officials that helped develop the energy code legislation also participated in the event. The state Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) Energy section assisted in drafting the new law which was passed in this recent legislative session.
MINERAL BOARD REPORTS AUGUST LEASE SALE TOTALS
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale August 13, 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 1997-98 Fiscal Year totals.
GOVERNOR FOSTER CALLS FOR REASSESSMENT OF OFFSHORE IMPACT STUDY
In a recent letter to Mineral Management Service's (MMS) regional director, Governor M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. has asked the federal government to reevaluate the impact of the proposed sale of offshore leases (169, 172, 175, 178, 182) and its significance to the Louisiana Gulf Coast region. The U.S. Department of Interior's MMS manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the OCS, and collects, accounts for, and disburses revenues from federal offshore leases.
Shoreline Protection Project Underway in St. Charles
A demonstration project aimed at shoreline protection in St. Charles parish is now underway announced Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) coastal officials today. Phase I of construction of the Lake Salvadore Shoreline Protection demonstration project has begun on the north shore of Lake Salvador adjacent to the Lake Salvador Wildlife Management Area, said DNR project manager Kenneth Bahlinger. The project will test four types of innovative shoreline protection structures, Bahlinger reported.
MINERAL BOARD HOLDS JULY MEETING
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale July 9, 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 1997-98 Fiscal Year totals.
THE LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY DONATES THE ISLES DERNIERES CHAIN OF ISLANDS TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
H. Leighton Steward, Chairman of the Board of The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, and Terry Ryder, Special Counsel for Governor Murphy J. Foster, announced that The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company is donating to the State of Louisiana the surface rights to its land holdings in the Isles Dernieres chain of barrier islands located off Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
NICE³ GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE ENERGY OFFICE
Going once, twice, three times NICE³ funds are now available to business and industry through the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR). NICE³ is a cost-sharing grant program that promotes industrial competitiveness through energy, environment, and economics.