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ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF THE GULF COAST: USING ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES, THE ECONOMY AND THE ECOSYSTEM A Symposium for Action Sponsored by BP In Cooperation with America’s WETLAND In Partnership with the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas April 25-27, 2006 Symposium Resources Climate Change Futures, “Executive Summary” (4 pages, 2005. Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School and Swiss Re): http://chge.med.harvard.edu/research/ccf/documents/ccf_final_report.pdf Fact Sheet. Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA), LA Ecosystem Restoration Study (2 pages): http://www.lca.gov/lcafactsheet15jan05tempv2.pdf Fact Sheet. USACOE. Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR), “South Louisiana Comprehensive Coastal Protection and Restoration Project” (8 pages): http://lacpr.usace.army.mil/Publications/SLHP%20Workshop%20booklet8p.pdf Governors’ Action Plan for Healthy and Resilient Coasts (34 pages, 2006. Gulf of Mexico Alliance): http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gulf/files/files/GulfActionPlan_Final.pdf A New Framework for Planning the Future of Coastal Louisiana after the Hurricanes of 2005, “Summary” (4 pages, 2005. Working Group for Post-Hurricane Planning for the Louisiana Coast): http://www.umces.edu/la-restore/New%20Framework%20Final.pdf No Time to Lose, “Chapter 1: The Party Is Over. An Historical Look at Louisiana’s Wetlands” (6 pages, 2000. The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana): http://www.crcl.org/no_time_to_lose.pdf State & Local Protection and Restoration Projects Alabama Department of Environmental Management: www.adem.state.al.us Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program: www.btnep.org Coastal Restoration Division of the Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources: http://www.dnr.state.la.us/crm/ Florida Department of Environmental Protection: www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/ Galveston Bay Estuary Program, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: www.gbep.state.tx.us Louisiana Coastal Area: www.lca.gov Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Project (LACPR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: www.lacpr.usace.army.mil Louisiana Department of Natural Resources: www.dnr.louisiana.gov Louisiana Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities: www.goca.state.la.us Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality: www.deq.state.ms.us Parishes Against Coastal Erosion: www.paceonline.org Port of Houston Authority: www.portofhouston.com Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: www.tceq.state.tx.us Federal Agencies and Activities Coast 2050, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act: www.lacoast.gov EPA Office of Oceans, Wetlands, and Watersheds: www.epa.gov/owow EPA Region IV, Southeast: www.epa.gov/region4 Gulf of Mexico Alliance: http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: www.nos.noaa.gov NOAA National Climatic Data Center: www.ncdc.noaa.gov U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: www.usace.army.mil U.S. Department of the Interior: www.doi.gov U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: http://ecos.fws.gov/coastal U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center: www.nwrc.usgs.gov American Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI): www.epa.gov/rivers Multi-State / Regional Organizations Coastal States Organization: www.coastalstates.org Gulf of Mexico Alliance: www.dep.state.fl.us/gulf National Association of Counties: www.naco.org NGOs / Advocacy Groups America's Wetland: www.americaswetland.com Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: www.ccbep.org Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: www.crcl.org Ducks Unlimited: www.ducks.org Environmental Defense: www.environmentaldefense.org Gulf Restoration Network: www.healthygulf.org Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: www.saveourlake.org Mississippi River Basin Alliance: www.mrba.org National Wildlife Federation: www.nwf.org The Nature Conservancy: www.nature.org Private Sector / Industry Organizations National Association of Insurance Commissioners (Task Force on Climate Change): www.naic.org National Ocean Industries Association: www.noia.org Mississippi Gulf Coast: www.gulfcoast.org U.S. Chamber of Commerce: www.uschamber.com Foundations Gulf Coast Community Foundation (focused on southern Mississippi): www.gulfcoastfoundation.org Research Institutions and Information Resources After the Storm: Restoring America’s Gulf Coast Wetlands: www.elistore.org/books_detail.asp?ID=11126 Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy, U. Texas at Austin: www.jsg.utexas.edu/cieep/ Center for Water Research, University of Western Australia: www.cwr.uwa.edu.au Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology: www.gulfcrest.org Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland: www.civil.umd.edu Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans: www.ees.uno.edu The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS): http://ocean.tamu.edu/GCOOS/ GulfBase, Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research: www.gulfbase.org Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University: www.csi.lsu.edu Working Group: Post-Hurricane Planning for the Louisiana Coast, Univ. MD: www.umces.edu/la-restore Articles and Reports Christian Science Monitor: www.csmonitor.com/2003/0424/p02s01-usgn.html Coast 2050: http://www.coast2050.gov Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey: http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/LA-subsidence/ Houston Geological Society: www.hgs.org/en/art/?691 NOAA Magazine: www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag101.htm Conferences 2006 Homeland & Global Security Summit: Prevention, Detection, Preparedness, Response and Gulf Coast Restoration: www.globalsecurity.bz/conferences/current_conferences/hgss/2006/index.asp or www.katrinareconstruction.org/summit.asp State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit: www.stateofthegulf.org
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