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In This Issue
Cruise For The Coast ~ Live To Eat Cookbook ~ 12th Annual Golf Classic
Stay Informed ~ North Shore Waterway Protected ~ Lakefront Development
Tank Storage Facility ~ Education Dept. News ~ New Canal Lighthouse
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Cruise For The Coast
Have the Holidays left you longing for a vacation? Well we have just the getaway you need. Cruise away with LPBF aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Ship, The Fantasy sailing from New Orleans to Cozumel April 24-28, 2008. For more information please check our website or call Laura at 504-836-7281. To book your cruise, please contact Yvonne at Travel Central at 504-834-7000.
For the best rates, book now!
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Look What's Cooking
When New Orleans’ native and Purdue Basketball player, Lauren Mioton came home in the summer of 2007 and saw the slow recovery that the New Orleans area was facing, she decided she needed to do something to help. The “Live to Eat” Cookbook contains 250 recipes from Purdue alumnae, staff and Louisiana residents including Purdue alumni and Saints quarterback, Drew Brees. All the profits from cookbook sales will go to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation to support the ‘Save Our Coast’ effort.
The cost of the “Live to Eat” Cookbook is $20 per copy which includes shipping. Cookbook orders will be taken until March 1. An order form can be found on the Purdue’s website at www.boilermakernetwork.com.
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A Hole In One
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s 12th Annual Save Our Lake & Coast Golf Classic will be held on Monday, March 10, 2008 at Chateau Golf and Country Club in Kenner. Join LPBF for a great day of golf while helping to raise funds for restoration programs and projects for the Pontchartrain Basin. The entry fee is $125.00 and sponsorships are available. The entry fee includes green fees, lunch, a golf gift, an awards party, and a one-year membership to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.
For more information and to reserve your place or a foursome, call Sheila Ehren, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (504) 836-2205. All proceeds from the Save Our Lake & Coast Golf Classic benefit the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.
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SAVE THE DATES!
12th Annual Save Our Lake & Coast Fishing Rodeo
May 17 & 18, 2008
19th Annual Back to the Beach Festival
May 30, 31 & June 1, 2008
For more information on our Events or how you can become a sponsor, please click the event links above.
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Help the New Canal Lighthouse
Start your year off right. Make a donation to help us rebuild the New Canal Lighthouse. For more information please visit www.saveourlake.org or call (504)836-2215.
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Stay Informed About Corps Projects
Community participation continues to be an integral part of our region’s recovery. Stay informed about U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hurricane protection projects by visiting www.nolaenvironmental.gov. The website includes information about upcoming public meetings and downloadable environmental studies, and citizens can send comments, questions, and information requests. To ensure you keep updated, get on the mailing list by e-mailing Mr. Gib Owen at mvnenvironmental@usace.army.mil or calling (504) 862-1337.
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North Shore Waterway Protected from Pollution
With the help of our conservation partners and several Covington residents, we have persuaded the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to deny a Scenic Rivers permit for a proposed wastewater treatment plant that could dump up to 750,000 million gallons per day into Timber Branch, a tributary of the Tchefuncte River. The ruling came in late December. Download copies of the comment letters LPBF submitted at www.saveourlake.org.
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Lakefront Development Stopped for 3rd Time
LPBF garnered overwhelming public pressure from citizens and environmental groups to stop an ill-sited proposal to build 11 homes along one of the last remaining untouched stretches of Lake Pontchartrain’s north shore. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources withdrew the project from permit consideration in December. LPBF will continue to closely monitor development that is slated in this highly unique and ecologically valuable
region of the basin.
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Tank Storage Facility Bows to Pressure
LPBF joined other environmental groups in sending comments of concern on a water quality discharge permit for Safeland Storage, LLC, a petroleum storage tank terminal in St. John the Baptist Parish. Last month the company modified their permit to no longer discharge bilge or slop water into the Maurepas Swamp. This change appeared to be in direct response to invasive species concerns raised in the groups’ letter.
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Education Department News
Civic, business or school groups interested in having an LPBF speaker come out to talk about important coastal issues please call 836-2238. Our “RING THE RIDGES” presentation discusses how our region can be made safe from future storms and sustainable for the future. Click here for more information.
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