April 19, 2001

State Wetlands Authority Approves Revised Coast 2050 Strategies

Revisions to the Coast 2050 strategies have been approved by the State Wetlands Authority. This was the culmination of the revision process which began in early 2000 at the request of members of the public who had been using the Coast 2050 strategies for CWPPRA project nominations and had found some areas where improvements could be made.  During the development of the 2050 Plan in 1997 and 1998, it was stated many times that the intent was for the Plan to be a living document that would be modified as warranted.  So, this request was brought to the CWPPRA Technical Committee, who in turn raised it to the CWPPRA Task Force. This suggestion to proceed with the strategy revisions was unanimously approved by the Task Force on April 5, 2000.

More than 1,000 people were invited to attend the four Regional Planning Team meetings to initiate the drafting of the amendments.  After these meetings were held, these recommendations were brought to a meeting of the combined Strategic Working Group (SWG) and the Objective Working Group (OWG).  The SWG is comprised of the CWPPRA Technical Committee and the State Wetlands Authority members, and the OWG is comprised of the Coastal Parish Government Representatives or their local CZM Program representatives.  This was the same committee structure that was used in the original drafting of the Coast 2050 Plan.  At this joint meeting, the final recommendations were  drafted.  These recommendations were unanimously approved by the CWPPRA Task Force on January 10, 2001 and by the State Wetlands Authority on March 15, 2001.

Copies of the amended strategies can be obtained by contacting: Phil Pittman at philp@dnr.state.la.us. Or they can be accessed electronically:

Briefing Package 2001 (PDF 437 KB)