Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Coastal Ecosystem Restoration
Coast 2050: Toward A Sustatinable Louisiana Coast
Draft LCA Study Report (2003)
Final LCA Study Report (2004) [near-term plan]
Chief's Report
National Technical Review Committee (NTRC)
NTRC Comments and Responses
Lessons Learned paper in Ecological Engineering (pdf, 360 mb)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LCCPR) Project
Authorization Proposal to Support Supplemental Funding Request 02/23
National Research Council Report Drawing Louisiana's New Map
Report in Brief (pdf, 233 kb)
View full report at National Academies Press
Ocean Studies Board study website
Press accounts of the National Research Council report (pdf)
American Geophysical Union Hurricanes and the U.S. Gulf Coast: Science and Sustainable Rebuilding
Website
pdf of report
White House Announcement on New Orleans Protection
Fact Sheet: Protecting New Orleans From Future Flooding
Transcript of White House press conference
Press accounts (multiple sources 12/15-16)
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Senate Bill 71 (pdf, 124 kb)
Governor Blanco's speech to the CPRA
Interagency Performance Evaluation TaskForce
Draft Final Report with liks to other reports
Tulane Law Review
Oliver Houck Can New Orleans Be Saved?
Urban Land Institute
Website
A Strategy for Rebuilding New Orleans
Bring New Orleans Back Commission
Website
Levees and Flood Protection Report
Other Resource Sites
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
America's Wetland Campaign
Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration (CLEAR)
National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Katrina
Louisiana Sea Grant Louisiana Hurricane Recovery Resources
LaCoast Hurricane Information Center
LSU Hurricane Center Experimental Storm Surge Flood Models
Tulane-Xavier Katrina Environmental Research and Restoration Network
American Geologic Institute Congressional hearing summaries
USGS National Wetlands Research Center Response to Katrina
USGS Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Multiple Lines of Defense
Lake Pontchartain Basin Foundation Preliminary Assessment of Katrina Impacts
LSU Agricultural Center Satellite Tour of Louisiana
Brookings Institution Tracking Variables of Post-Katrina Reconstruction
Congressional Research Service Hurricanes and CoastalEcosystem Restoration
Louisiana Recovery Authority Hurricane damages (Powerpoint, 1 mb)
Times-Picayune How New Orleans Flooded (Interactive Graphic: Shockwave required)