Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

🌲Nursery Volunteers Needed!🌲 Help us care for the trees and grasses we’ll be planting this fall, as well as make exciting improvements to our Restoration Headquarters! 💙Water and snacks provided and volunteers get a free T-shirt as a thank you. 💙No minimum age, but minors will need an adult to accompany them. 💙Register: https://lnkd.in/gC9PA94j

Volunteering as a workplace, organization or group is a great way to team-build and give back to your community! We are seeking workplaces and organizations to volunteer with us during our recycled oyster reef build this September. Groups can email volunteers@crcl.org for more information. Join the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at Grand Bayou Indian Village to build a reef using oyster shells recycled by New Orleans restaurants! This reef in Plaquemines Parish will provide habitat for new oysters and other wildlife and it will protect the shoreline from erosion. 🔗 Register today https://lnkd.in/gXVjUAdm Weekend 1: 🦪Thursday, September 12 🦪Friday, September 13 🦪Saturday, September 14 Weekend 2: 🦪Thursday, September 19 🦪Friday, September 20 🦪Saturday, September 21 Pictured are: Team Rubicon, City of New Orleans Health Department, Mid City Rotary Club and Serve Louisiana AmeriCorps

This summer our Oyster Shell Recycling Program welcomed Isaiah Black, an intern from Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe. Isaiah acted as a liaison between CRCL and PACIT, helping to organize for future projects and build tribe capacity. He also joined the OSRP for reef monitoring trips, preparation for the upcoming reef build this fall and other projects. Thank you to Isaiah for all your hard work this summer. And special thanks to Restore America's Estuaries and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for their support on this partnership!

LutheranHANDS joined us again this year to help move recycled oyster shell bags to our super sacks, which will be transported down to our upcoming reef build along the coast! They also enlisted their friends at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) to join, who graciously donated to CRCL for every volunteer who joined us. Over three days, 380 volunteers came to Restoration HQ and helped pack our super sacks with 200 tons of oyster shell (that's an entire oyster reef!). As our Coastal Adventures Program senior coordinator, Sofia Giordano, says, "many hands make light work!" This group made the work so light they were also able to help out in our native plant nursery and with some HQ maintenance work. ELCA was in town for a conference, after which they organized a huge giveaway of furniture and supplies used for it, benefitting many local organizations and nonprofits. We're already using our new green picnic tables in the shade for volunteers! Huge thank you to ELCA and Lutheranhands for traveling from across the country to help the OSRP and many more in our community this summer!

On Monday our email subscribers got a first look at the revamped Gulf Coast Post (featuring Captain America)! On the first and third Monday of the month, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) will deliver upcoming events and opportunities straight to your inbox. Whether you join us at our new Coastal Leadership Institute, at the 2025 State of the Coast conference or at an upcoming native plant nursery care day, there's a way for you to get involved in protecting and restoring Louisiana's coast. 💙 Sign up for our email list at https://lnkd.in/gGGWXiHX

State of the Coast 2025 is Seeking Your Proposals! SOC 2025 will feature 11 program topics and a variety of presentation types, such as standard talks, lightning talks, panels and posters. The deadline to submit is September 23. Learn more and submit your proposal today: https://lnkd.in/g7H5x2Tn

Congratulations to Coastal Environments, Inc. for being awarded our contract to expand oyster shell recycling to Baton Rouge! We are thrilled to be moving forward with collecting this vital resource from Baton Rouge restaurants. Want to get involved? Visit https://lnkd.in/eaT7cfFk to learn more and sign up for information. Want to work with CRCL? Open call for construction bids for a project closing a trenasse in Bayou Pointe-au-Chien in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Bids are due August 9, 2024. Read the full RFP: https://lnkd.in/gcmjaPQZ

State of the Coast 2025 is a little over ten months away, but the time to start your preparations is now! Whether you’re a prospective presenter, sponsor, registrant or volunteer, you should be aware of key dates to get involved. View all the key dates through May 2025 and to sign up for email notifications at stateofthecoast.org

This is going to be an amazing program! I hear the director is pretty cool too ;)

CRCL is launching a new leadership program. Learn from experts about the ecological, cultural, economic and political factors impacting the coast, visit the places and people on the front lines of land loss and connect with like-minded individuals. ⚜️ Enroll in a Cohort Join forces with 20 to 25 aspiring coastal leaders from across Louisiana. Contribute your unique perspective and learn from peers at diverse industries and career levels. 📅 Attend Monthly Sessions Once a month, spend a day learning from ecological, cultural, economic and political experts. Each day includes a visit to sites and communities most impacted by land loss. 💪 Flex Your Skills Leverage the tools and knowledge acquired in the program to write op-eds, deliver public comments and build connections that make positive change for Louisiana’s coast. People from across Louisiana are welcome to apply to the Coastal Leadership Institute. Nominees represent a range of ages, from the undergraduate level to mid-career or retired, and work in a variety of industries, such as energy, tech, healthcare, renewable energy, nonprofit, media, politics, education, faith-based, legal and others. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/g7KNkZdi