The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act - is federal legislation enacted to identify, engineer and design, and fund the construction of coastal wetlands restoration projects. These projects provide for the long-term conservation of wetlands and dependent fish and wildlife populations. Projects funded by CWPPRA are cost-effective ways of restoring, protecting, and enhancing coastal wetlands. CWPPRA has a proven track record of superior coastal restoration science and monitoring techniques in Louisiana.

Since 1990, the net Louisiana wetland area that CWPPRA has protected, created, or restored is 112,000 acres. Greater than 426,000 acres have also been enhanced.

As of 2012, CWPPRA currently has 148 active restoration projects with 93 completed projects, 10 active construction projects, and 45 projects currently in engineering and design. To learn more visit www.LaCoast.gov

The U.S. Geological Survey’s South Central Area links the North-Central United States with the Gulf Coast and comprises Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Interdisciplinary expertise in the SCA and the USGS’s impartial approach to research and problem solving are valuable components in our many partnerships with other Federal, State, and local agencies, universities, nongovernmental organizations, tribes, and the private sector.

The mission of the National Wetlands Research Center is to develop and disseminate scientific information needed for understanding the ecology and values of our Nation’s wetlands and for managing and restoring wetland habitats and associated plant and animal communities.

Morris P. Hebert, Inc. (MPH) is pleased to offer its professional services, complete with experienced and knowledgeable personnel and state of the art equipment, to assist our clients with the successful execution and completion of their engineering and construction projects. Our commitment and goal is to provide for client focused solutions. MPH project management, engineering, surveying, field services, GIS, and environmental services groups can be provided on a turn-key or individual basis, as dictated by the client and project requirements, to facilitate suitable and successful project solutions.

With more than thirty years in the business of providing professional services, MPH is grateful to our many clients for allowing us the opportunity to participate in the successful completion of numerous engineering and construction projects. MPH is one of the more talented and multifaceted engineering service companies in the Gulf Coast. With offices in Houston, TX, San Antonio, TX, Baton Rouge, LA, Clinton, NJ, and Houma, LA, MPH is strategically positioned to assist our clients with their professional service needs. MPH's success is grounded in our ability to work closely with clients in developing cost effective client focused solutions and real world answers to complex surveying and engineering problems. We pride ourselves in being able to respond quickly and effectively to ever changing project situations and demands. We maintain an uncompromising commitment to safety and protecting the environment. Our goal is to deliver on time and on budget.

ARCADIS is an international company providing consultancy, design, engineering and management services in infrastructure, water, environment and buildings. We enhance mobility, sustainability and quality of life by creating balance in the built and natural environments. ARCADIS develops, designs, implements, maintains and operates projects for companies and governments. With 21,000 employees worldwide and more than $3.2 billion in revenues, the company has an extensive international network supported by strong local market positions. ARCADIS has over 160 offices and employs 6,200 professionals throughout the United States. Within Louisiana, ARCADIS/Pirnie has 3 offices and a staff of almost 100. We have worked with a variety of clients to help protect and restore Louisiana’s coast. Some of our most notable projects in Louisiana include engineering and program management assistance for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District with the Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction Project, critical advanced hydrodynamic modelling for the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana’s 2012 Coastal Master Plan Update, and development of a comprehensive sediment management plan for the Atchafalaya Basin. ARCADIS supports UN-HABITAT with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life around the world. Visit us at: www.arcadis-us.com.

Battelle is the world’s largest independent research and development organization, providing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management, National Security, Energy, Environment and Material Sciences, and Health and Life Sciences.  It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $6.5 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization.  Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 22,000 employees in more than 130 cities worldwide, including seven national laboratories that Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and one international nuclear laboratory in the United Kingdom. 

Battelle also is one of the nation’s leading charitable trusts focusing on societal and economic impact and actively supporting and promoting science and math education.

CSRS, Inc. has been leveraging innovation and leadership to improve and revitalize our communities for more than 30 years.  With a culture of creative thinking- and our background in engineering and architecture- we bring the balance between big ideas and the technical ability to deliver a successful project every time, no matter how large, complex or challenging.  True to our mission, CSRS "listens, creates and implements design and management solutions in partnership with our clients".  This message is the guiding element by wheich all of our business relationships are cultivated and maintained. 

Established in 1978, CSRS is a leader in the delivery of infrastruture and facilities serving public and private organizations across the southeastern United States.  More than program managers, we are engineers, architects, planners, surveyors and fund-sourcing experts.  Whether we're managing the disciplined nature of our team allows us to meet the dynamic needs associated with coastal protection & restoration.

Dynamic Solutions, LLC is a water resources engineering and environmental science firm specializing in estuarine and coastal system multi-dimensional hydrodynamic, sediment transport, water quality, toxics transport and ecological modeling. With extensive experience in Louisiana and the Gulf coast states, we offer a range of water resource engineering, modeling, scientific, and data management services and experts needed for resolving complex water resource problems and litigation support.

Founded in 2000, Gaea is a woman-owned small business specializing in hydraulic and coastal engineering. Our experience includes shoreline protection, habitat restoration, barrier island analysis, and coastal structures design.

Lonnie G. Harper and Associates, Inc. is a civil engineering and surveying consulting firm based in coastal Louisiana, and has built a team of qualified professionals since 1976.  LGHA provides clients with consulting services based upon their extensive knowledge and understanding of coastal processes, which enables the design of quality products that provide lasting results.

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction management, and technical services. The Company supports government and commercial clients by providing innovative solutions to complex problems focused on water, environment, energy, infrastructure, and natural resources. With more than 13,000 employees worldwide, Tetra Tech’s capabilities span the entire project life cycle. (www.tetratech.com).

Seventy percent of the land in the United States is privately owned, making stewardship by private landowners absolutely critical to the health of our Nation’s environment.

NRCS works with landowners through conservation planning and assistance designed to benefit the soil, water, air, plants, and animals that result in productive lands and healthy ecosystems.

T. Baker Smith has been providing planning, engineering, environmental, surveying, and mapping/GIS solutions to clients since 1913.