Louisiana Coastal Restoration Plans

Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

The Plans

Decision-making chronology for the lake Pontchartrain & vicinity hurricane protection project

Van Beek, Johannes L. “Recommendations for freshwater diversion to Louisiana estuaries east of the Mississippi River.” (1982).

Van Beek, Johannes L., and K. J. Meyer-Arendt. Louisiana’s eroding coastline: recommendations for protection. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, 1982.

Panel, Louisiana Wetland Protection. “Saving Louisiana’s wetlands: the need for a long-term plan of action.” Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency (1987).

New Orleans Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Crisis On Louisiana’s Coast … America’s Loss (1991)

The call for a Master Plan

 The Original Plan – ( 1998)

Coast 2050: Toward a Sustainable Coastal Louisiana (1.97MB)

(original link)

Executive Summary (2.6 MB)

Appendix A – Federal/State/Local Partnership and Public Involvement (3.6 MB)

Appendix B -Technical Methods – All

Pages 1 – 50 (3.0 MB)
Pages 51 – 99 (3.6 MB)
Pages 100 – 178 (3.3 MB)

Appendix C – Region 1 Supplemental Information (1.5 MB)

Appendix D – Region 2 Supplemental Information (481 KB)

Appendix E – Region 3 Supplemental Information (1.6 MB)

Appendix F – Region 4 Supplemental Information (1.5 MB)

The 2009 Plan and Technical Analysis by the Corps

Final Report from the NRC Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program (2009)

Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast – 2012

Integrated Ecosystem Restoration and Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana – 2015 Draft

Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast – 2017 Draft

Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast – 2017- Final

Louisiana’s Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast – 2017- Final – updated