BTNEP 2025 Quarter 3 Management Conference

Thank you to all who joined us in Jefferson Parish for our 112th BTNEP Management Conference! Attendees heard about the 2029 Coastal Master Plan and new project solicitation from Katie Freer-Leonards, CPRA Assistant Administrator for Strategic Planning. We also heard from Michelle Gonzales, Jefferson Parish Director of Environmental Affairs, about hurricane damage risk reduction efforts in Jefferson Parish, and from Mel Landry, NOAA Deepwater Horizon Integration & Planning Section Chief, about Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill restoration efforts within the Estuary. Attendees also heard from BTNEP Education and Engagement Coordinator Nicki Boudreaux and BTNEP Communications and Public Relations Coordinator Emily Bonvillain about the launch of BTNEP's "Estuary Explorer" Strategic Communications Plan.