Early in 1988, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana was incorporated to address and advocate for the restoration and preservation of the only great delta ecosystem in North America — the Mississippi River Delta. A land of extraordinary riches, the area supplies a large portion of our nation’s commercial fish landings — oysters, blue crabs, menhaden, and shrimp, to name a few. The delta also accounts for approximately one half of our nation’s fur harvest and is a vital nursery and feeding area for the millions of waterfowl that traverse the Mississippi flyway
The goal of the Coalition is to reverse the pattern of net land loss in coastal Louisiana and to re-establish sustainable balance to its geologic processes and communities. To do this, we must go beyond advocating for stringent regulations and enforcement policies. We must push for actual restoration activity and for changes in the ways people approach development in the Mississippi River corridor and the coastal area. This focus makes the Coalition distinctly different from any other civic or environmental group in the region and possibly in the nation.
The focus of the Coalition is education about coastal wetlands loss in Louisiana and advocacy for coastal restoration. To further our effort to bring awareness and action to the crisis of continued coastal wetlands loss in Louisiana, we sponsor several programs designed to engage and inform stakeholders