Archive for January, 2010

Elected mayor, councilmember, parish president

Plaquemines Parish government has received a $1.2 million grant to help finance the first phase of a wetlands restoration project in the parish's marshlands. The federal Minerals Management Service approved the grant for $1,237,608 through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, the Minerals Management Service said...

Its stock picture, not St. Bernard resident

Biggest change to warning system in decades wont affect how evacuations are ordered for coastal areas

img src=http://lagic.lsu.edu/images/logos/lgisc-seal.gif border=0 align=leftBaton Rouge, LA - The next meeting of the Louisiana GIS Council has been scheduled for BThursday, January 21,2010/b at 1:30 pm in the a href=http://www.state.lib.la.us/ target=_blank class=news_linked title=State Library of LouisianaLouisiana State Library/a, 701 North 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. Free parking is available.BRBRFor more information, visit the a href=http://doa.louisiana.gov/lgisc/ target=_blank class=news_linked title=Louisiana GIS Council Web SiteGIS Council web site/a.BR BRBRGeoRSS Shortcut: a href=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=qhl=enq=30.45399 -91.18740 target=_blank class=news_linked30.45399 -91.18740/aBR BRBR

img src= http://lagic.lsu.edu/images/logos/GOHSEP.jpg border=0 align=left width=130 height=130 The Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) has released plans for aquiring aerial imagery across the state. More information about these projects can be found in these PDF documents: b a href=http://lagic00.lsu.edu/LAGIC/Projects/Spatial%20Data%20Development%20Mitigation/Spatial%20Data%20Development%20-%20Hazard%20Mitigation.pdf target=blankStatewide Spatial Imagery Data Development Mitigation Project/a/b, and the b a href=http://lagic00.lsu.edu/LAGIC/Projects/Spatial%20Data%20Development%20Mitigation/RFP-Aerial Imagery Homeland Security.pdf target=blankREQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Spatial Data Development Mitigation Project/a/b as well as b a href=http://lagic00.lsu.edu/LAGIC/Projects/Spatial%20Data%20Development%20Mitigation/Winter 2010 Aerial Imagery.pdf target=blankthese maps of the acquisitions/a/b . BRBR

Photograph found during gutting of house in Arabi

Counties with levees contain 55 percent of the nations population, according to the study