White Boot Gala Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | 6 - 9 pm | Spahr's Seafood Restaurant in Des Allemands Our White Boot Gala is SOLD OUT! Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters for your generosity! Platinum Sponsor: Anonymous DonorGold Sponsors: Joe's Signs & Lowlander CenterSilver Sponsors: CF Industries & Louisiana [...]
Bayou Lafourche Oil Spill Cresent Midstream Oil Spill From EPA: "On July 27, 2024, at 9:49 AM, the EPA was notified by the National Response Center of a spill of an unknown amount of crude oil from a storage tank at a Crescent Midstream facility located in Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. According to [...]
Q3 Management Conference #108 Please join us for our 108th Management Conference on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 9:30 am in the Nicholls State University Ballroom. We will hear from Dr. Erik Johnson with Audubon Delta about the Urban Native Greens program, and from David Illgen, Jefferson Parish Coastal Resources Specialist, who will [...]
Paddle Bayou Lafourche 2024 Join us for this year's 2024 Paddle Bayou Lafourche on Saturday, October 12th, 2024, from 7 am to 3 pm! This event offers an immersive and unique view of Bayou Lafourche and a chance to explore one of the most important waterways of our estuary. We'll be offering a 15-mile [...]
Position: BTNEP Student Worker Organization: BTNEP Location: Thibodaux, LA Apply Now! The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) is a unique and complex, multi-year program of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and is an affiliate of Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). Essential to the effectiveness of the National Estuary Program is the significant participation [...]
BTNEP Welcomes Bren Haase as Program Director We are pleased to announce that Bren Haase has been named the new director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program. Bren joins BTNEP with over 30 years of experience in coastal wetlands ecology, restoration, and regulation in the private sector and with the state and [...]
February 3, 2021 — THIBODAUX, La. — Congress reaffirmed its support and strong commitment to the National Estuary Program - a time tested, non-regulatory program that enables communities to restore and protect the bays and estuaries they call home. The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary is one of 28 “estuaries of national significance” along the United States coast that will [...]
January 10, 2021 For Immediate Release T. Bradley Keith named new Director of BTNEP Cocodrie, LA. - Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) announced the hiring of a new director. T. Bradley Keith will join the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program team as its new leader beginning late January. “I [...]
This release has been distributed by the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. State EOC Activation Level: Level IV (Crisis Action Team) | WebEOC Incident: 19-007 River Flooding — Statewide — Spring | State Declaration Proclamation Number: 33 JBE 2019 SITUATION: The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning along the [...]
The seven Gulf of Mexico NEPs are very pleased to share our just-published article in the international scientific journal Marine Policy. In this article, we highlight how our programs leveraged our local and national partnerships to provide scientific expertise, unbiased information, volunteer coordination, and implementation of recovery projects and programs during and following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in our communities and throughout the Gulf.
